The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s ...
Why did the Western Roman Empire truly fall? For centuries, Rome stood as one of the most powerful and stable civilizations in history, yet by the fifth century it had fractured beyond repair. While ...
The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.
“The prolonged and extreme drought seems to have occurred during a particularly poor period for Roman Britain,” Andreas ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often ...
A painting of the library in the house of Domitian on the Palatine. Rome's long history is explored in a new illustrated book on archaeology and history. Wikimedia Commons Rome wasn’t built in a day, ...
Most major archaeological discoveries don't start with anything dramatic. They start with a gravel pit. That's exactly what happened in Cham, a small municipality in the canton of Zug in central ...
If you are like me, you are headed home for the holidays. While there may be an even longer list of taboo dinner table subjects this year than any other, the two things we can all agree on is that ...