The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. ... The Eastern Empire ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...

This interpretation of Alexander comes from a Greek living in the Roman Empire that had abolished Greek freedom, conquering Greece in 146 BCE and making it a province of Rome. Plutarch was that voice.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Holland is an award-winning historian of the ancient world, a translator of Greek and Roman classical texts, and a documentary writer. He is the author of seven books, including his most recent ...

This course will take place in person at 60 Turner Street. The room will be equipped with a HEPA air purifier. In looking back on the ancient Greek and Roman world we are struck by the sheer quantity ...

Elon Musk has donated several million dollars to support the study and “appreciation of Greek-Roman culture.” Steve Bannon regularly cites Roman history, in a selective and idiosyncratic way ...