Take a closer look at the luxurious Augustus Tower rooms at Caesars Palace. From the elegant decor to the spa-style bathrooms ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

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YouTuber Kuldeep Singhania has stirred intense online discussion with a series of viral videos. In one of them, he draws an ...

The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition to an empire. "The oldest coin in the hoard dates back to 152BC and has ...

With Augustus’ ascendance, the republic died, even as Augustus claimed to have restored it. But for historians, Caesar’s crossing the Rubicon, more than 20 years earlier, was the critical ...

The first was that of Julius Caesar, the dictator whose name had become synonymous with imperial rule; the last, that of Domitian, an emperor who had come to power 81 years after the birth of Christ.

Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldiers who’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing ...

This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his enemies in Rome. She pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies.

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to ...