This scurrilous, wonderfully detailed potted history of 12 Roman rulers still resonates in a sparky new translation ...

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In Hong Kong and many parts of the world, we use the Gregorian calendar established by the Catholic Church. This solar ...

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems, Peter ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

When Julius Caesar wrote a series of histories about the Gallic Wars around 53 B.C.E., he mentioned a fascinating group of ...

2. In France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and French-speaking areas of Canada and Switzerland, the April Fools’ Day tradition is called “April Fish” or “Poisson d’Avril”, where pranksters stick ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ancient Rome’s emperor Julius Caesar undertook a radical move to fix the calendar, which had become increasingly inaccurate as the centuries passed. He added three months to ...