Julius Caesar was a key figure in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. A brilliant general, he led military ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a ... One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break. In 46 BC, Caesar won ...

Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...

First up, Julius Caesar. He wasn’t actually an emperor – he was just a really powerful Roman who started the Empire. He was a great Roman general, a very popular leader and he was a bit of a ...

We know the names of very few Roman centurions and legionaries ... The reason for their fame is none other than Julius Caesar himself mentioning them in his Commentaries on the Gallic War, where he ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Julius Caesar turned military victories into political power His ambition created a colossal empire and he gave his name to the rulers who succeeded him From his strategic brilliance to the Ides ...

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...