This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries ...

March 15 is associated with misfortune and doom. On this day, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered at the hands of ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

second to first centuries B.C., Museum of Roman Civilization, Rome Photograph by Art Archive The Senate met again and passed a decree calling on the consuls to defend Rome against any attack.