Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

Forty-nine years before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy. They ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was ...

Samuel Agbamu, University of Reading How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to think about it every ...