In Italy, it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods named Cincinnatus, but even more familiar is the name of a ...

I enjoy reading books that analyze history. Last year I received a signed copy of a book by William J. Federer titled “Change to Chains: The 6,000 Year Quest for Control.” This book was published ...

LGBTQ+ people have been around throughout history, and some are even more famous than others, like Leonardo da Vinci and ...

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 ...

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

Republic Day Speech 2025: Republic Day is a significant occasion for all Indians, celebrated on 26th January every year with great enthusiasm and pride. It marks the day when the Constitution of ...

There’s no evidence that there was ever such a thing as a ‘Roman salute’ in antiquity. [Photo ... Winkler suggests that ...

John Bolton, former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, said he expects that after four years under Trump's second term, the president will then step down and elections will be ...