Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

When ancient biblical Israel first chose a king ... Kings and their castles, starting with Solomon, were just so darn cool and elegant. When Rome embraced Julius Caesar as its first king, it put ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii ... The scrolls were found in a villa thought to be previously owned by Julius Caesar's patrician father-in-law, whose mostly unexcavated ...

Her previous book, ‘ SPQR ‘, which is also available in Folio Society edition, took readers on an exhilarating journey back in time to the origins of the Roman Republic, a period in the history of ...

The genetic history of the aurochs, an extinct cattle species, was a mystery until scientists analyzed DNA found in the bones of ancient animals.

Halloween as a modern celebration conjures up images of pumpkins, trick or treating, black cats, and witches. But where did this tradition begin? Halloween is situated squarely within the season of ...

The term Astur-Cantabrian Wars refers to the long conflict that the Romans waged along the Spanish Cantabrian coast for a decade, between 29 and 19 B.C. The subjugation of Hispania’s last resistant ...

Displays of human remains are extremely controversial within the archaeological community. As archaeology moves into the ...

Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" aims for a grand blend of Shakespearean and Roman themes, but it feels more like a ...

As Rome's shadow looms over ancient Greece, one Hellenistic ruler makes his final stand for a dying empire in this epic conclusion by Ian Crouch.

From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors.

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