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Forget Julius Caesar and Leonardo da Vinci. Italy has a new national treasure: a cat named Augustus who lives at the ...
The latest version of the Roman Empire dawned at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. Roman Anthony — son of Anthony Anthony and brother of Anthony Anthony Jr. — botched his Red Sox debut by whiffing on a ...
I drove past the Largo Argentina, where Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. I spied the Circus Maximus, where games and chariot races were regularly held when Rome was at the height of its ...
Julius Caesar and his advisors made the calendar that we use today, with minor adjustments by Pope Gregory. It's called the Gregorian calendar nowadays but Caesar really contributed more.
US News: At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber took a shot at Mark Zuckerberg, emphasizing the need for decentralization in social media amidst rising frustrations with algorithm-driven platforms ...
The Ides of March, a day of misfortune and doom, is associated with perhaps the most infamous Roman leader, Julius Caesar – or more importantly, his death, solidified by the soothsayer’s warning in ...
The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...
Ridley Scott may have embellished some of his Gladiator II Colosseum scenes, but they are generally accurate representations of a wild history.
Some folks cannot believe the Roman Colosseum was home to man-eating sharks, but the truth isn’t too far removed from Gladiator II’s most outrageous scene.
Areas, including the Colosseum, were flooded with water for staged fights. These mock naval battles, known as naumachia, began during Julius Caesar's rule in Rome.