A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... the northern borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar, tackled local government ...

Julius Caesar was a key figure in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. A brilliant general, he led military ...

A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money. Two metal detectorists in the ...

Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns ... Under this brilliant, implacable leader, the new Roman Empire buried the old, aristocratic infighting to become a global ...

His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a ... One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break. In 46 BC, Caesar won ...

Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...

After eliminating his rivals in a civil war, general and politician Gaius Julius Caesar ... civil war that doomed the Roman Republic to mutate into an empire with Caesar's adopted heir Octavian ...

This is illustrated by one notable incident in the ancient Roman's life (involving pirates, of all things). In his account of Caesar's life, Plutarch writes that, as a young man, Julius Caesar was ...

Julius Caesar turned military victories into political power His ambition created a colossal empire and he gave his name to the rulers who succeeded him From his strategic brilliance to the Ides ...

Emperor Augustus was the first Roman emperor. He took control of the empire after a power struggle with Mark Antony following the assassination of Julius Caesar. His army conquered Spain and land ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...