Orlando Reade’s fascinating history of John Milton’s epic shows that Paradise Lost may still be a poem for our times, writes ...

An almond-shaped lead bullet — inscribed with the names of Julius Caesar ... war between Caesar and Pompey, the researchers argued in their study, but none of the early written sources about ...

It follows Beard's 2007 book "The Roman Triumph ... The often-cited "The Twelve Caesars" is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. Written by Roman ...

indices. $32.99 paper. ISBN: 1107670497 A Handbook to Caesar’s Works Well known largely for his great political and military skills, not to mention his spectacular assassination, in his times Julius ...

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced a critical choice ... Historian Fernando Lillo Redonet has written numerous studies of the classical world, including on gladiators ...

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough could literally change history.

On the other hand, in his analysis of Book II of the Gallic Wars ... Nevertheless, Napoleon’s Commentaries on the Wars of Julius Caesar is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in either Caesar or ...

And thanks to a book written all those years ago by the famous Roman commander, Julius Caesar, we also know one reason why the Romans wanted to come to Britain in the first place - they wanted to ...

Bettany Hughes explains why the Romans were keen to invade Britain and, by referring to a book written by Julius Caesar, introduces the Celts and how they looked and lived. It shows how the Celts ...

Writing in the late second century a.d., Polyaenus, in Book 8 of his Strategica, presents 33 stratagems supposedly employed by Julius Caesar in his various campaigns. The stratagem of interest to us ...