In 49 BC, Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon river into Italy, uttering “alea iacta est” (the die is cast), signaling the start of civil war ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war which would lead ...

Ptolemy, the last king of Mauretania, which included parts of modern-day Morocco, was executed by Roman Emperor Caligula in ...

History is hot right now. It’s a key battleground in the culture war between traditional and progressive, woke and unwoke.

The British novelist, popular historian and podcast host, who attended Cambridge and Oxford universities, seems to know everything that can be known about ancient cultures. Plus he possesses the rare ...

Two competing Cleopatra biopics are in the works, one starring Gal Gadot and the other directed by Denis Villeneuve. These ...

For more than 400 years the works of William Shakespeare have inspired and entertained us. You can't make a list like this ...