Julius Caesar reportedly said his last words in Greek: "And you, son Brutus?" But why did Caesar choose to speak these words ...

The Life of Caesar is a biography of Julius Caesar written in Ancient Greek in the beginning of the 2nd century AD by the Greek moralist Plutarch, as part of his Parallel Lives. In this book comparing ...

For them, crucifixion was the ultimate bad news about Jesus. The scandal of death by crucifixion was almost beyond our ...

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 ...

Ἑλληνιστὶ πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας ἐκβοήσας, «Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος», [anerrhíphtho kúbos] διεβίβαζε τὸν στρατόν. He [Caesar] declared in Greek with loud voice to those who were present 'Let the die be cast' and ...

In addition, links are provided to over 40 additional appendices, addressing an enormous range of subjects, such as Gallic life and culture, provincial administration, strategy, chronology, and ...

The name Julius Caesar reverberates through the annals of history like a thunderclap. A figure of immense power and importance in the ancient Roman world, Caesar's life was filled with military ...

Emperor Crassus became the richest Roman and one of the richest men in the ancient world through his cunning, business savvy ...

As a result, 46 BCE became the longest year in recorded history at 445 days, and is sometimes referred to as annus ...

In two years' time, the ANC and South Africa will celebrate the centenary of a political organisation which - despite serious tensions at different times - truly earned the title 'national' by which ...

His first books covered areas of particular interest – the life of his father-in-law ... gave a vivid picture of Rome from the time of Julius Caesar to the Emperor Domitian.