Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts. At that time, the Roman Republic was protecting its new ...

BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius Caesar. Known as the ...

Few figures in history have been as mythologised as Julius Caesar. The Roman general and dictator, assassinated in 44 BC, has inspired centuries of debate about his political ambitions, military ...

In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death at his palace in Riyadh by a "mentally deranged" nephew who was later executed. In 1990, an arson fire swept an overcrowded social club ...

49.2 x 63.7 cm. (19.4 x 25.1 in.) ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

Its ruins—featuring theaters, gates, walls, and a vast aqueduct—remain a tourist draw near Preveza in Epirus. Since 2019, conservation has accelerated, with the Nicopolis Theater restored by 2023 and ...

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