If Caesar chose to cross the Rubicon, there would be no turning back. Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns to conquer Gaul, boosting his political career and ...

The Casa della Gemma (house of the gem) is thought to have been inhabited by the family of Roman proconsul Marco Nonio Balbo, and takes its name from a gem believed to have been found there ...

Born to a Roman knight and tax-collector ... In 63 AD, Vespasian was appointed proconsul in Africa. Here, he controlled the budget so tightly that, on one occasion, the locals pelted him with ...