After the kings were expelled from Rome and before the Julio-Claudians established the first imperial dynasty, the consuls ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

You’ve likely heard the phrase “beware the Ides of March,” but what exactly is an Ides, and why the warning? In the ancient Roman calendar, the Ides fell in the middle of each month, not just March.

A TikTok trend started circulating in September 2023 encouraging women to ask the men in their lives just how often they ...

One of the blueprints for imperialism has always been The Aeneid, by the Roman poet Virgil, working between 29 and 19 BCE.

Time for the Romans was divided differently, with the Kalends, the Ides at the start and middle of each month, respectively, and the Nones sitting between them. With the intention of maintaining and ...

Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...

US President Donald Trump has cast serious doubts on the future of the postwar international order. In recent speeches and UN ...

I am somewhat aghast to read of the latest tweet from the Chinese embassy in the United States. It reminds me of a disturbing ...

We are considering the role of “big religion” in relation to big government, big politics and big social theories (Marxism), particularly in regards to the topic of immigration, illegal immigration ...

From famed French author Jean-Pierre Pecau and legendary artist Max Von Fafner comes a tale of a gladiator's quest for ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once ...