If you look back through the annals of ancient history, you'll find plenty of stories about ruthless rulers and terrifying warlords. But few figures possessed the sheer, unadulterated confidence of a ...

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In 47 BC, Julius Caesar sailed to North Africa to mop up the remaining forces of his longtime rival, Pompey the Great, and the anti-Caesarian factions of the Senate. Pompey himself had been killed the ...

Smith Street Stage, returns to Carroll Park this spring with Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's gripping exploration of power, loyalty, and the unpredictable consequences of political violence. Running May ...

Julius Caesar styled himself as a servant of the republic, claiming to speak for the people even as he disregarded laws and norms to govern by caprice. The Roman republic did not survive him. The ...

If you had a television set in the 1950s, there's a better-than-even chance that each week you were watching comic Sid Caesar. "I don't think there's anybody comparable now, and I don't think there's ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new biography, "When Caesar Was King" (published by Schocken Books), David Margolick explores how 1950s comic Sid ...

Oscar-winning director Bille August, who recently scored a global hit with TV series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” is set for another high-end period show that this time will hark back to Ancient Rome ...