When Nero died in 68 AD, the Roman world was thrown into confusion as multiple impostors emerged claiming to be the fallen emperor, exploiting fame, distance, and weak communication to gather soldiers ...

Jim Caviezel’s 2018 biblical movie is set to leave Netflix next month. The film follows Paul, imprisoned in a Roman cell, ...

Historian John Stow claimed that Henry VIII had around 70,000 people executed (although this is believed to be an exaggerated ...

The comparison cited by Gideon Rachman between Donald Trump and the Roman emperor Nero is doubly suggestive (“A post-Trump restoration is still possible”, Opinion, February 10). On the one hand, it is ...

I know all about the kings and queens who brought progressive reforms and won great wars. But what about those that did some disturbing things and committed atrocious crimes? That's what I want to ...

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In honor of its 150th anniversary, Hopkins launched the “Next Conversations” series on Feb. 18, held at the George Peabody ...

People complain about construction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it was announced. Four ...

Parent company says the bullion created a ‘sumptuous atmosphere’ but current market conditions offered a ‘good opportunity’ to sell it The Grand Emperor hotel in Macau has ripped up and sold the gold ...

A death certificate released on Monday also said rectal cancer was an underlying cause for the comedic actress’s death on Jan. 30 at 71. By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Matt Stevens Catherine O’Hara, the ...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dueled with the U.S. ambassador to Poland after the latter voiced outrage over comments the country’s parliamentary speaker made suggesting President Donald Trump ...

Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave met on the set of the 1967 musical 'Camelot'; after decades apart, they married in 2006 Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Franco Nero shared sage advice from wife Vanessa ...