In this episode, we explore one of history's most dramatic political assassinations—the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Learn how Brutus, Cassius, and other senators conspired to ...

Explore how Julius Caesar's brutal conquest of Gaul not only expanded Rome's borders but also set the stage for the fall of ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

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 ...

A recent excavation reveals that a large building excavated in 1966 was just a part of an even grander ancient complex.

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

Italy was the perfect place to take my teenagers for their first vacation in Europe. A guided group tour made planning easy.

I do a lot of public speaking for business leaders about how using the science of happiness can improve their organization ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

Leap years were first introduced with the Julian calendar in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, who added an extra day to February every four years, based on the work of the astronomer Sosigenes, to account for ...

While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...

Set in the turbulent early Roman Republic the play follows the glorious rise of Coriolanus, a terrifying war machine on the ...