Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...

Tiago Rodrigues’s play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from ...

Republican ideals have evolved over millennia, shaping governance across the globe. Modern republics continue to adapt, but ...

Ever since the days of the Roman Empire, European countries have dreamed of uniting the continent again under one government.

Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

More than two decades since Russell Crowe fought for democracy, Ridley Scott is back with the sequel to his epic Gladiator – ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

From emperors and conspiracies to gladiatorial games and daily life—see how well you know the empire that shaped the ancient ...

A 4K restoration of Moustapha Akkad’s 'Lion of the Desert,' starring Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn, is to premiere at the ...

The establishment of the United States marked the reemergence of the large-scale republican state. In 1787, after the ...