The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break.

The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...

"I came, I saw, I conquered.” These famous words, spoken by Julius Caesar, embody the spirit of bold and decisive action.

Everybody knows that the standard year has 365 days. But that is actually a fairly controversial statement historically, as well as being scientifically inaccurate. As was discussed in our article ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was ...

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman ...