For Romans, Augustus was the saviour who ended civil war; Tacitus reveals how power and propaganda traded liberty for the Pax ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

There are moments in a nation’s constitutional life when one expects the guardians of the law to rise like ancient priests of ...

The left's embrace of communism, while failing to recognize its similarity to fascism, has potentially disastrous ...

Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

Today, America is one of the richest and most inventive countries in the world. Will our “golden age” continue?

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary’s capital, offering a ...

The San José was returning to Europe laden with extraordinary wealth meant to fund Spain's war efforts when British warships intercepted it near the fortified port city of Cartagena, Colombia. The ...

Swiss authorities are searching for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne ...

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