Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Christianity is often viewed as an alternative to Roman religion. But in many ways, Christianity was an expression of Roman ...

His research focuses on Greek, Roman, and early Christian moral and political thought. In addition, he works on the modern reception of ancient political thought. He is the author of Cicero on ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny, and the other, ...

A short and comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Outlining Rome's ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world. In politics, society and the family, men held both the power and the purse-strings – they even decided whether a baby would live or die. Families were dominated ...

Stoicism isn’t just a set of ideas; it’s meant to be put into practice. The ancient philosophy is finding new fans through ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill takes on the intersection of faith and politics, from the biblical Roman ...

The Academy Award-winning actor portrays Macrinus in Ridley Scott’s new epic, which premieres in theaters November 22.

Through stories, it was rumored that a major trade road went through a forest outside Pomiechówek, but it had never been searched for fears of uncovering hidden explosives from World War II. Polish ...

Students study Classical languages and literatures in addition to art history and archaeology; economic, political, social and intellectual history; and philosophy, religion and myth. Ancient Greek ...