Over the past decade, there's been a revival in popular histories of ancient Rome; not the academic tomes once reserved for specialists and students, but books and movies designed for the rest of us.

The origin of Rome can be traced back to a giant of a wooden horse. For ten years a coalition of Greek rulers besieged Troy, a mighty city-state at the foot of the Dardanelles, on the coast of what is ...

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The spectacular arena showcasing Ancient Rome’s power also contributed to its downfall. The Colosseum: the jewel of Ancient Rome. It wowed vast crowds with extraordinary battles. It pushed the ...

Civil war, assassinations, and the collapse of a republic—Rome didn’t fall into empire. It was dragged there, one power grab at a time. Canada's Florida boycott 'taking effect' on Donald Trump—Doug ...