Writing of Trajan, who ruled the Roman empire from A.D. 98 to 117, Edward Gibbon considered the penchant of great men for violence. “As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause ...

New burials discovered inside the Roman necropolis of Santa Rosa, standing under what is now Vatican City, have shed light on burials that housed the servants and slaves of the Roman Caesars. So far, ...

A new discovery beneath Paris suggests Julius Caesar’s account of sacking the original settlement of Lutetia wasn’t all that ...

Julius Caesar. It is a name that seems to have commanded as much attention over the 2,000 years since his death as it did during the 55 years he lived. His conquests both militarily and politically ...

After eliminating his rivals in a civil war, general and politician Gaius Julius Caesar began serving as dictator of Rome in 49 BCE. He established a number of political reforms before getting stabbed ...

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Julius Caesar had a pretty bad day at work on March 15, 44 BCE. The dictator of Rome was lured to a meeting and stabbed to death by his coworkers. He would've done well to beware the Ides of March.