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The story of Rome gives us hope in our own day: Times of political collapse will pass, and they can also bring forth unexpected greatness.

From Antony and Cleopatra's passion, to Cyrus the Great and Cassandane’s profound love, these ancient love stories reveal the force that moved even the mightiest of rulers.

Apollo, in Greco-Roman mythology, a deity of manifold function and meaning, one of the most widely revered and influential of all the ancient Greek and Roman gods. The son of Zeus and Leto, he was the god of crops and herds and the primary deity of the Delphic oracle.

Michael Auslin on if Augustus is still relevant 2000 years after his death.

  War is not football and football is not war, but having done both, sometimes they look similar  

    We spent the night in Adana, a very old city that is mentioned not only in Homer but in the famous ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh.

After almost half a millennia of the Roman republic came five centuries of empire – and some of the most famous and colourful rulers in history

Thousands of years before modern railroads appeared, the Diolkos stone road featured a section of grooved tracks and spanned across the Isthmus of Corinth.

Check out 10 surprising facts about the fabled Queen of the Nile.

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