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

His most famous work, however, was “Historia Naturalis” (Natural History), an encyclopedia of natural science that spanned thirty-seven books. In this work, Pliny describes in detail the ...

When we think of Romans, Julius Caesar or Constantine might spring to mind. But what was life like for everyday folk, those who gazed up at the palace rather than looking out from within its walls? In ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reserachers at Western University are finding, preserving and catalouging mediveal manuscript fragments found in early print books.

So begins the Asterix comic series, which positions Julius Caesar as the power-lusting dictator of the mighty Roman Empire ...

The book concludes with a magisterial review of the ways in which agriculture shaped early Britain's societies and landscapes. It also proposes a chronological model of British agriculture for the ...

“The Art of War” has 13 chapters of strategy to win a war and preserve the integrity of the army. Two rams butting heads only leads to headaches. When confronting a formidable foe, do not assault ...

Marlon Brando transformed into all different kinds of people on the big screen. He was a dockworker in On the Waterfront, ...

Cassius:I have heard where many of the best respect in Rome, except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus ... mark him and write his speeches in their books "Alas," it cried, "give me some drink ...