We all know what happened next with the assassination of Julius Caesar and the eventual rise of Augustus and Agrippa and the Roman Republic was no more as the Roman Empire began.

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

As Spartacus' army gains more followers by the day, Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier) is tasked with killing the Thracian and ending the rebellion.

After Crassus was killed in battle, Pompey and Caesar drifted apart, ultimately finding themselves on opposing sides. By now, Caesar was very successful, but he had many enemies and found his ...

Yet despite this overwhelming juggernaut, the empire’s expansion was stopped dead in its tracks by three civilizations that still have strong traditions of fierce independence today.

Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Octavian transformed Rome 2,000 years ago through military might, power plays, and political intrigue.

Legions dispatched by the Roman Senate, the wealthy Crassus, and the proconsul of Macedonia all swooped in to quell the uprising, as the more battle-hardy legions were otherwise engaged in Spain ...

Crassus catches onto their plan and, feigning frailness after a stroke, manages to surprise attack them — literally. Crassus kills his wife with a small bow and arrow.

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.