Julius Caesar, Rome's bold conqueror, shaped empires through daring campaigns. Today's quote of the day by Julius Caesar ...

After Julius Caesar’s death the Roman Senate declared him a god, a decision that transformed the political landscape. This episode reveals how the young Octavian adopted the title Divi Filius, “son of ...

Fear leads to repeated emotional and mental pain. A coward suffers many times before death. A brave person experiences pain ...

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Whether an assassin wants to silence someone over mysterious secrets, act for a cause, or eliminate a rival, the concept ...

Democrats are playing with fire, but it’s the whole country that’s likely to get burned. For a democratic republic to ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

Graffiti, produced by an inmate of an ancient Roman prison in Corinth, Greece, contained a chilling message for captors.

During prehistoric times, the mosquito was already a nuisance for millions of years. Fossil evidence suggests they have been around for 46 to 100 million years — humming, buzzing, flying, biting, ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

Editors’ note: The following passage is excerpted from Book III of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron ...

You shall not be partial to the poor or weak nor defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.” — ...