Given the chance to interrogate one of history’s most famous figures, what would you ask? Speaking on the HistoryExtra ...

We can gain more insight on our modern problem by turning to ancient Rome for a ... one was allowed to bear arms within Rome. Sulla later declared himself dictator and murdered thousands of ...

to expressing his desire to see a “modern-day Sulla”, Musk’s views on ancient Rome demand our attention. Sulla, by the way, was the notorious first-century BC dictator who had hundreds of ...

Caesar scored some early victories and, by 46 BC, was dictator of Rome. After a year spent eliminating his remaining enemies, he returned home. Generous in victory, he was kind to his defeated ...

BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius Caesar. Known as the ...

He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.

In ancient Rome, high-ranking generals and politicians used unique perfumes to set themselves apart — and now scientists have ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her ... was named dictator of Rome. Cleopatra followed, bringing along her ...