As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

The Roman historian Gaius Suetonius, in The Lives of the 12 Caesars, tells us that Caesar Augustus deplored rashness in a ...

The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated. It was short-hand for ‘tyranny’.

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

Beyond the excitement of Angelina Jolie being cast to portray Cleopatra, famously known as the "Last Pharaoh of Egypt," anticipation builds around this timeless ...

The latest version of the Roman Empire dawned at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. Roman Anthony — son of Anthony Anthony and brother of Anthony Anthony Jr. — botched his Red Sox debut by whiffing on a ...

After two decades of scene stealing, the Irish actress is seizing the spotlight in the summer spectacle “F1.” K erry Condon was in the thick of Oscars season two years ago, bantering and glad-handing ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Kaduna last week was more than a routine political engagement; it was a masterclass in ...

ANOTHER twelve full calendar months have rolled by for the Muslim faithful around the world. Another fifty weeks have passed ...