“Brutus is an honorable man.” Even if you’ve never seen Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, you’re likely to have heard this quote from Caesar’s funeral in act 3, scene 2. Of course, the quote’s speaker, a ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

To tame a hopelessly disorganised Roman calendar, Julius Caesar added months, took them away, and invented leap years. But the whole grand project was almost thwarted by a basic counting mistake.

This is the story of a brazen, ambitious power-grab that saw Julius Caesar consolidate the vast power of Rome in his own hands. Premieres Tuesdays, April 2 - 16, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV ...