The new season of TCM's 'The Plot Thickens' explores the production history of the notorious epic through the lens of ...

One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to ...

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated. It was short-hand for ‘tyranny’.

The latest version of the Roman Empire dawned at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. Roman Anthony — son of Anthony Anthony and brother of Anthony Anthony Jr. — botched his Red Sox debut by whiffing on a ...

At Armando al Pantheon, a trattoria in Rome ... after Catonsville bakery closure Recipes: Use blackberries to make a pie, tiny cakes and even a salad Catonsville bakery to shutter with ‘Grand Closing’ ...

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, its legacy didn't vanish - it was pursued, claimed, and reimagined. In this video, we trace the many powers that sought to inherit Rome’s authority ...

The checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution look very much like those that were in place in Rome before Augustus. There were none after him.

So, Caesar found supporters in Rome: the 10 elected representatives of the people known as Tribunes of the Plebs. They put forth a law to allow him to run for office without giving up his command.

This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his enemies in Rome. She pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies.

From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors. And in 387 BCE, Gallic raiders sacked and profoundly humiliated Rome.