This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates Rome and books set around Italy’s Eternal City. Even if you aren’t familiar with the books, your knowledge of Rome’s landmarks should help you.

In his newest book, Marc Hyden, author of Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Saviour, delves deeply into the available evidence on the origins of Rome and its founder, from the 60-some ...

The “Aeneid,” Virgil’s epic about the founding of Rome by the Trojan refugee Aeneas, is so influential that T.S. Eliot once described it as “the classic of all Europe.” ...

‘Vergil’ Review: Founding the Roman Empire of Verse The poet wrote slowly: a line or two a day. His work extolled Augustus’ imperium, but he kept his distance from Rome. By Willard ...

Already attuned to Roman antiquity as a model for a modern republic, the Founding Fathers adopted Addison’s play as a script for their revolution. “Cato, the character, displayed the public virtue ...

PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age. By Tom Holland. Basic Books. 480 pages. $32.50. “But what did the Romans ever do for us?” asks Tom Holland in “Pax: Peace and War in Rome’s ...

Sky Italia is going back in history — way back to the eighth century B.C., and the creation of Rome — in its new series 'Romulus.' By Ariston Anderson Sky Italia is going back in history ...