Reading , German filmmaker and author Werner Herzog’s new book, I recalled my childhood fixations on the inexplicable. I had ...

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 ...

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 ...

In around 56 CE, the Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote a work, On Clemency, for the benefit of the emperor Nero, whom he served as advisor. We know that three books were planned, but we have only the ...

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In his victory speech in November, Donald Trump made a promise: And every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future, every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants ...

A speech attacking President Donald Trump and Elon Musk by French Senator Claude Malhuret is going viral. It comes as the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, in a prime-time address Wednesday urged ...