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

By now, Caesar was very successful, but he had many enemies and found his position and his life under ... of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar ...

Caesar chose war ... later becoming the Emperor Augustus. Under this brilliant, implacable leader, the new Roman Empire buried the old, aristocratic infighting to become a global power, whose ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

Caesar was a Roman consul from 46BC to 44BC. He was eventually given the title of ‘dictator for life’ in 44BC, meaning he could rule the Roman Empire alone. He was assassinated in the Senate ...

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

of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas across the empire in 200 CE It calculates the route based on the season, or mode of transport chosen - and ...

By now, Caesar was very successful, but he had many enemies and found his position and his life under ... of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar ...