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There may be no better place to witness the slow, thunderous unraveling of a republic than beneath the open skies of the ...
Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.
Johnson – the country’s most popular politician and mononymously known as Boris – had steered the ‘Leave’ campaign and was ...
'Julius Caesar': Should have stayed home on March 15. Shakespeare's characters often ignore advice they should heed, and the Roman emperor Caesar probably should have listened to the soothsayer ...
Julius Caesar’s conquest of France, Britain, and Germany, and his assassination of the Roman leader Pompey (in 48 BCE), had him emerge as the unrivaled leader of the Roman world.
to Julius Caesar, sometimes to William ... As Ralph Keyes explains in Nice Guys Finish Seventh, his compendium of misattributed and false quotes, "Famous dead people make excellent commentators on ...
In 55 BC, Rome had its sights set on Britain. Across two attempts, a huge invasion force led by one of the greatest miltary leaders in history, Julius Caesar, landed in Kent. Eventually he would ...
Recognizable quotes on the ancient Romans: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “Rome was not built in a day.” Caesar Augustus boasted, “I found Rome a city ...
Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to ...
From "You go, Glen Coco" to "On Wednesdays we wear pink," Mean Girls (starring Lindsay Lohan) is full of fetch quotes that we still say today.