As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible.

The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...

I have always assumed that if an experimental, student-led form of education works, something magical occurs; everybody ...

Horace is the anglicised version of his Latin name, Quintus Horatius Flaccus. It sounds imposing, yet Flaccus actually means flaccid. Roman names were often faintly mocking.

He studied in Athens with the preeminent Epicurean philosopher Zeno before becoming an important part of a vibrant Roman intellectual community that also included the likes of Horace and Virgil.

This width would have enabled large Roman ships to navigate the area, the authors reported in the study, published in the April issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. RELATED STORIES ...

Fire Island and Horace Gifford The architect who gave aesthetic form to this hedonistic environment is now relatively well known, thanks in part to Christopher Rawlins’ 2013 book, Fire Island ...

C’mon, my kings! If Horace isn’t mentioning you, you don’t exist. But LBF top gun Adam Ridgway should be beaming today for the busy, buzzy, bursting aisles rammed with happy campers.

A new Roman adventure book has been released by a Kempsey author. Andy Morrall's The Druid and the Elephant is aimed at readers aged 12 and above.

He also cites Roman poet Horace’s Latin formulation Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt, or they who speed across the oceans, change the skies, but not their souls.

From Augustus Caesar proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC to the fall of the empire in 476 AD, we’ve curated a selection of the best books about Roman history below.