Weird things I know about Italians: if there's a stray cat around, they're going to find a moment to sneak away and feed it. Why sneak away to feed it? Because Italians are cat-like, meaning the ...

Perspective: Jesus’ vision of power is a stunning contrast with Julius Caesar’s brutal reign It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

Though he would outlive Cicero, Pompey later ran up against Augustus Caesar as the Roman Republic fell. The letters last right up to the end of Cicero's life.

Is Donald Trump more like Hitler or Augustus Caesar? Honestly, it’s both An aspiring dictator, fueled by popular resentment, overthrows a failing republic. We've seen this show before ...

Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, had rather simple tastes regarding food. This recipe from the first century makes a ...

In February 44, Caesar had ostentatiously refused the royal crown proffered three times by Antony during the Lupercalia, a festival of misrule that made it possible to mask the gesture’s seriousness; ...

In “Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

As alter egos go, Augustus Caesar is not a bad one for Mark Zuckerberg, pontifex maximus of Meta, owner of the Facebook family of apps. Both men started their march to power as teenagers. Both ...

The emperor Augustus Caesar visited Alexander the Great's tomb and, according to written accounts, broke Alexander's nose.

Archaeologists discovered a long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of Augustus, buried for centuries under volcanic ash since 79 AD.