wrote the poet Propertius in the age of Augustus Caesar. “Stranger ... Imaginative links to history are everywhere. The ancient Appian Way, Rome’s Queen of Highways south of the city, has ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

but he illuminated Augustus’ strategies in ways that America’s framers found sobering, cautionary and salutary. Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the ...

Tales of ancient Rome have long ... tales of what might have been. Caesar’s Spy is one such tale, detailing one warrior’s quest for revenge. Set in Rome during the last days of the Republic ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The months of the year are named after Roman words - including 'June' from the goddess Juno, 'July' from Julius (Caesar) and 'August' from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... to Egypt as Caesar’s great-nephew and heir, Augustus, teamed up with ...

In a recent New Yorker profile, the tech mogul revealed that his fascination with the ancient Roman ... Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized ...