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How would history have unfolded if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian? Would they have ruled the Roman Empire?

Boardwalk Empire is a gritty crime drama set in the Prohibition era of the 1920s and 1930s. The show follows Enoch ‘Nucky’ ...

One Ancient Roman historian argued that republics need the fear of common enemies to prevent political factions from tearing ...

Explore the legend of Rome’s first king. Explore his reign from 753–716 BC, his early life, the founding of Rome, key achievements, and lasting impact on Roman history.

Cicero lived at a time when Rome’s long-standing republican institutions were unravelling. Strongmen concentrated power in themselves and marginalised the senate. Resisting these trends, Cicero styled ...

After Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 BCE, Rome plunged into turmoil as competing factions fought for power. Mark Antony turned public opinion against the conspirators, forcing them to flee while ...

The Roman Empire conjures up images of military power, gladiatorial contests, and feats of engineering, but to the men who ruled, life was complicated and fraught with risk. Julius Caesar, whose power ...

Bust of Augustus, celebrated as Rome’s savior, whom Tacitus recast as a master of propaganda—masking autocracy as duty, trading liberty for the Pax Romana, and setting the template for modern power.

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

In 29 AD, Livia, the Empress of Rome and the widow of Emperor Augustus, died at the age of 86. Although she was the mother of Tiberius, the current Emperor of Rome, and an Empress through her own ...