Render Unto Caesar: The Conquest of Gaul and the Battle of Alesia
byIn 58 BCE, Roman proconsul Julius Caesar, a member of the first Triumvirate and an important political figure in the Roman Government, was forced…
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The Enemy of Rome: Hannibal and the Second Punic War
byHannibal Barca may have been one of the greatest generals that ever existed in the ancient world. He played a major role in the…
How did Augustus, Rome’s first Emperor, stay in power?
byForty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. After a civil war that lasted thirteen years, treachery, and chaos,…