Given the chance to interrogate one of history’s most famous figures, what would you ask? Speaking on the HistoryExtra ...

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

Instead of a top-down approach, can a bottom-up process empower citizens to inject new energy and creativity into public ...

Across the Assassin's Creed series Ubisoft has changed dozens of historical facts to better suit the story being told. These ...

Zuckerberg has long shown an interest in the Roman empire -- the Roman empire is his own "Roman empire"-- and perhaps he sees ...

Legend has it that John’s Pass has an politically unfortunate story of two ghosts who appear only during the new moon.

March 15th and 16th are dates that resonates through history, marked by events that have shaped the world in profound ways.

One of the striking features of the current age of pessimism is that the pursuit of global good is no longer what dominates ...

Greg Stillson's rise to popularity -- from an outsider who's treated as something of a joke to a genuine political threat -- is almost prescient in its evocation of Trump's rise. Stephen King ...

March 15 is no ordinary day. A date steeped in history, it has been marked by betrayal, disasters and events that changed the ...

When a bill “dies in committee,” it’s not a natural death. The committee chairman didn’t misplace it under a stack of memos — it was knifed, Julius Caesar-style. Only instead of togas, it’s cheap ...

Before the assassination, the Ides of March was best known as a festival. The popular time for feasting and drinking marked the festival of Roman deity Anna Perenna. It was also traditionally the time ...