He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...
Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...
Discover the impact of political assassinations on history, from Julius Caesar to Malcolm X, and how their deaths shaped nations and movements.
Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...
Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
Julius Caesar’s assassins had failed to solidify ... a cruel place of premature death. Murder was the ultimate way of resolving disputes, political and otherwise. The corridors of power were ...
The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...
It is rare to read a book about Cicero that likens its hero to a demagogue. Rome’s prosecutor of conspiracy and corruption in ...