Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC, Julius Caesar grew up in dangerous times. Rome could not yet handle its own size and power. The nobility were widely discredited and order had ...

You might remember the phrase "beware the Ides of March" from your high school English class. Here's what it means and when it is.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933. Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the ...

Gaius Julius Caesar was born into the gens Julia, one of Rome’s oldest and most distinguished patrician families, around 100 BCE. The Julii traced their lineage back to the early days of the ...

Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm ... When he was 20 years old, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and began the series of bloody civil wars that would last, on and off, for another ...