Most people know Nero as the Mad Emperor of Rome—but he was so much more unhinged than most people even realize. From his numerous chaotic weddings (in one of which he was the bride) to his ruthless ...
‘Pax’ is the third book from historian Tom Holland’s extensive bibliography to receive an exclusive luxury edition courtesy ...
Through its coercive monopoly over money creation, government constantly engages in silent theft through inflation, all done ...
During the last months of World War 2, when it was evident that Nazi Germany had lost, Adolf Hitler issued a decree that ...
Cardinal Dolan’s recent remarks on Fox News were playing to the Catholic Church’s most reactionary elements.
Emperor Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal bad ruler - cruel, decadent, and perhaps even responsible for setting Rome ablaze. But how much of this is fact, and how much is propaganda? Dr ...
These are "incredible times," the great director tells Fortune, "more incredible than anything we ever had in human history." ...
The current bilateral and global centripetal forces seem to be pulling India and the EU together. However, the two sides have ...
Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.
A cache of coins bearing the faces of the Roman emperors Constantius II and Constans I was discovered in underground tunnels ...
The imperial powers of Rome and of Parthia (modern Iran) were cagily cautious of each other, and both sides wished to control Armenia, which separated the two. The Parthian king put Tiridates on the ...
This week in New York City, I moderated a panel at Climate Week, a global gathering of leaders from government, business, ...