Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a whole dynasty of emperors. Dangerous times Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC, Julius Caesar grew up in dangerous times.

In Mary Beard’s book, she examines twenty-nine of ancient Rome’s emperors beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Alexander Severus, who ruled from 222 until 235 C.E.

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In some ways he’s a pastiche of several Roman leaders. Julius Caesar ...

Julius Caesar’s face seen 2068 years after brutal death of Rome’s most famous emperor Alessandro Tomasi, a 20-year-old Italian-Lebanese artist and student from Florence, Italy has recently ...

Largo Argentina, one of Rome's most history-rich temple complexes, has been opened to the public. The complex is home to the "Sacred Area," where Julius Caesar was assassinated, and once housed ...

Four temples in the heart of Rome, including the site where Roman emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated, are open to tourist visits for the first time. According to the Associated Press, the ...

The profile of Roman emperor Julius Caesar carved on the base of the facade of the basilica Certosa di Pavia, Italy. Fototeca Storica Nazionale / Getty Images file. However, ...

Caesar Augustus, who was born in 63 BC and was originally known as Octavian, rose to prominence as the first emperor of the Roman Empire following the death of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle.While ...

The Roman year had a 304-day lunar calendar, which Julius Caesar wanted to shift to a solar calendar based on the Earth’s revolution. He added one or two days at the end of all the short months ...