While William Shakespeare is largely credited for popularizing the fear behind the Ides of March, the monthly marker dates back to well before the famous writer's time. In Shakespeare's play Julius ...

An extremely rare Roman coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar has surfaced and may be worth millions of dollars, according to coin experts. “It was made in 42 B.C., two years after the ...

Friends, Romans, countrymen and tourists will now be able to walk through the Largo di Torre Argentina square near where Julius Caesar is believed to have been assassinated in 44 B.C. A new lift and ...

(CNN) — An ancient gold coin described as a “naked and shameless celebration” of the assassination of Julius Caesar, featuring a portrait of one of the men who killed him, has set a new record for a ...

A rare ancient gold coin marking the 44 BC slaying of Roman noble Julius Caesar will be sold at auction on May 30 in Zurich and is expected to fetch more than £1.5 million (US$2 million). Called the ...

An ancient Roman square, unburied only a century ago, is believed to be the site of Julius Caesar's assassination nearly two thousand years ago. Now, the site is open to the public for the first time ...

Every March 15, the dark history behind the 74th day in the Roman calendar has led many to think of bad omens and doom, but the day has a deep history and purpose. The date has been used in a variety ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --A gold coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar, minted just two years after the death of the Roman leader, fetched a record-breaking high bid of $3.5 million at an auction ...

An ancient Roman coin celebrating Julius Caesar’s death has set an auction record. Last Thursday, the ultra-rare gold coin, dating back more than 2,000 years, sold to an anonymous bidder for a ...

An ancient Roman coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar could sell for more than $2 million when it hits the auction block in May, according to Numismatica Ars Classica, the rare-coin ...