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

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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 ...

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

Despite ill omens, Julius Caesar approaches the Theatre of Pompey ... This is a Short History of the Roman Republic. Written by Kate Simants. With thanks to Dr. David Gwynn, Professor of Roman ...

When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...

The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

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 ...