The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.
Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...
An ancient Roman coin celebrating Julius Caesar’s death has set an auction record. Last Thursday, the ultra-rare gold coin, dating back more than 2,000 years, sold to an anonymous bidder for a ...
Peter Stothard, The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), 274 pp., $27.95. HISTORY IS mainly a matter of unforeseen outcomes yielding ...
Not everyone looks at the Ides of March as a dark day. For some, it was the exact opposite. In fact, there was at least one very important person in ancient Rome who saw fit to celebrate the day ...