Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

Joseph Quinn joins the cast as Emperor Geta, one-half of the absolutely tyrannical leaders the Empire now has. He’s the more ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced ... In fact, slaves looked so similar to Roman citizens that the Senate once considered a plan to make them wear special clothing ...

The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity ... into the Senate was a big step. Over time, the Senate would be open to Roman citizens from outside Italy. By the end of the first ...

The babies were added in the AD1400s. The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul.

It’s been two decades since the noble death of Maximus, who restored Rome to a republic by ensuring the Senate regained power ...

The Catilinarian Conspiracy is the name of an event from ancient Rome ... do so thanks to the senate declaring senatus consultum ultimum. Senatus consultum ultimum is the Roman Senate's decree ...

These and ancient seeds unearthed at the site indicate ... of Samnites relocating to Fregellae had been discussed by the ...

Ridley Scott's long-anticipated return to ancient Rome is a pale shadow of its Best Picture-winning predecessor.

The last human sacrifices carried out in Rome—beyond considering the ludi gladiatorii as an acceptable adaptation of the ...

The character of Macrinus played by Denzel Washington in 'Gladiator 2′ does not leave indifferent on the screen or in his ...

The babies were added in the AD1400s. The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul.