As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In ...

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The 1st century BC marked the last days of the Roman Republic and creation of the province of Lusitania as part of the ...

Anyone on Vancouver Island hoping to score a deal at the liquidation sales of 2025 should know that nothing will not even come close to the deal the Hudson’s Bay struck with the Crown in 1849.

Francis lived by the idea that greatness is found in humility, not spectacle. His wooden casket was adorned only with the ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, ...

Chris Trotter says there is very little that is either logical or rational in the doctrines of the Catholic Church – or in ...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...