The clash of conservative titans had Meyers feeling like a Roman emperor: “I just want someone to feed me grapes while I say, ...

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the ...

Among the star lots is Napoleon’s iconic bicorne hat, crafted by his official hatmaker Poupard, estimated at between 500,000 euros and 800,000 euros. His personal gold and ebony seal, used to send ...

Much like the golden age offered to the United States today, the Roman golden age promised plenty, peace, and security for those who fell in line with its prerogatives. My research on Paul and his ...

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

Well, in Gladiator II, Emperor Caracalla does have a pet monkey, a capuchin, that he’s very fond of. So that sounds more like something that could have happened. That’s feasible, yeah.

Joni Mitchell Said Madonna Was Like Roman Emperor Nero and Made Americans ‘Stupid and Shallow’ Madonna and Joni Mitchell are both major forces in the music industry. Mitchell didn't think ...

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In some ways he’s a pastiche of several Roman leaders.

Thanks to Rome’s conquest of places like Carthage and Egypt, the region of North Africa was firmly established in the empire. Roman Africans sometimes traveled to the far reaches of the empire.

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.