Alexandria The GreatIn the ancient world, there were many strides and advancements toward a more developed society. However, in the field of technology there were colossal improvements that made quality of life improve drastically. Often times, inventions were discovered and utilized, but died alo...

Steven Saylor, the expert of Roman life, was born in Texas in 1956. He continued to college where he graduated with high honors in history and Classics from the University of Texas at Austin. Saylor went on to be a writer where he wrote the Roma Sub Roma series, which includes nine books, that dee...

The film Cleopatra is one of the most expensive and most involved films of all time. It was a major undertaking by Hollywood, and the end result was a classic that is still enjoyed by people today. The film opens with the narrator informing the audience that Julius Caesar is ruler of Rome, after w...

Like many great leaders littered throughout the ages Antony stands on the pedestal of his public image, relying solely on his past achievements and other people's opinions of him to maintain a facade. He is not alone in this dilemma, for many of his fellow world- conquers have fallen into the s...

Rise of the ancient Roman Empire by MARIOAncient Roman Empire Rome had a war god in its lineage and wolf milk in itsbelly, implying that its citizens had a knack for warfare, which they would prove againand again. Early in Rome's history, the city was conquered by the Etruscans, the mostnotable civ...

Raphael\'s \"School of Athens\" is considered by many art historians to be the absolute masterpiece of the Renaissance. It is the perfect pictorial counterpart to the enormous changes in thinking that came about in the 1300s as a result of economic and technological developments. Its rational perspe...

The Zealots were Jewish revolutionaries in the first century Judaea, whose religious zeal lead them to fight to the death against Roman domination, and to kill or persecute Jews who collaborated with the Romans. Zealots fought their way to freedom from enslavement, by not giving up the battle (Hast...

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was born on the 13th of Quintilis, which is now July in 100 BCE to Gaius Caesar, which became part of his full name, Gaius Julius Caesar. When Caesar was born, the city of Rome was flourishing, becoming a rich culture, and an advanced government of democracy governed b...

Julius Caesar was the self-elected dictator of Rome in 44 B.C, for only one year, before being killed. He was born on the 13th of Quintilis, which is now July in 100 BC to Gaius Caesar, which became part of his full name, Gaius Julius Caesar. When Caesar was born, the city of Rome was flourishing...