March 15 is associated with misfortune and doom. On this day, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered at the hands of ...

Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens ... while his abilities as a general brought him power and respect. By 50 BC, Caesar had made many powerful enemies.

On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for the ... equestrians were recruited into the Senate. Membership of the equestrian class was not restricted to Italian-born ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

He was a great Roman general, a very popular leader and he was ... The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they ...