Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marked March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy. It has fascinated scholars and writers ever since. For ancient Romans ...

Known as an aureus, a type of gold currency used in ancient Rome ... as he tried to seize power after the assassination of Julius Caesar,” Frank Baldacci, head of the auction house, told ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 ...

The bullet's inscriptions hint that Indigenous people in Spain supported the would-be dictator, Julius Caesar, during the Roman civil war. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland.

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Long before the chainsaw-wielding thugs, MAGA rallies and Brexit buses, an up-and-coming politician called ...

Julius Caesar is a middle-ranking Senator in the Roman Republic. Most countries of the time are ruled by Kings, but Rome prides itself on being governed on republican principles.

Following Julius Caesar’s murder in 44 B.C.E., the Roman emperor Augustus condemned the scene of the crime as a locus sceleratus, a cursed place. Historians would lose track of the area in the ...