The date of January 1 for the New Year goes back to Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor who ruled a generation before Jesus was ...

One particularly good example of ‘damnatio memoriae’ involves Crispus, the first son of the Roman emperor Constantine the ...

The Greek queen of Egypt Cleopatra is associated with a very public love affair with Roman leader Julius Caesar apart from ...

New Years Day on January 1st is a time for renewal and optimism. It marks the beginning of a new year, a moment for ...

These exiting new two-hour tours “How Jewish is Roman Jewish History” will be launched January 1, 2025. For more information ...

From ancient Babylonian crop pledges to modern gym memberships, humanity's 4,000-year tradition of making New Year's ...

New Year's Eve was celebrated in ancient times, contrary to what some may believe. It was among the most universal pagan ...

As we welcome 2025, let’s look at why January 1 is recognised by the Gregorian calendar as the beginning of a new year.

Several countries around the world have already entered 2025, while in other nations, January 1, the first day of the year, ...

History.com details how New Year's resolutions came to fruition and evolved over thousands of years. 1 How long have people set New Year's resolutions? The ancient Babylonians are said to have been ...

then the Romans until 46 B.C. where emperor Julius Caesar helped create the Julian calendar which closely resembles the more ...