Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

The fall of the Roman Republic is both complicated and straightforward ... California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome ...

Her previous book, ‘ SPQR ‘, which is also available in Folio Society edition, took readers on an exhilarating journey back in time to the origins of the Roman Republic, a period in the history of ...

Stoicism isn’t just a set of ideas; it’s meant to be put into practice. The ancient philosophy is finding new fans through ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

On August 24, 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted and encased the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in ash. Today, the city is a time ...

Then under the Roman Republic, Ephesus became recognised as a “free” city and a hotspot of ancient East-West trade ... Italy and the rest of Rome. In later eras, the city became key to ...

For Aldo Cazzullo, writer and deputy editor of the Milan daily Corriere della Sera, President-elect Donald Trump’s return to ...

It honors martyrs and saints — those who were hallowed, or deemed holy — a tradition begun by the Roman Catholic church in ...

Economically speaking, in a socialist system the state owns some common property or means of production. A purely socialist state would own and operate all the means of production. Currently no nation ...

Pulling a pint of lager whilst sitting in a hot tub infused with hops wouldn’t be my spa treatment of choice but I’m in Norwich trying out the new “beer spa” at The Norfolk Mead country house hotel.