July 13’s the day to remember a famous ancient Roman. General and dictator Julius Caesar was born 2,125 years ago today, when the month was called Quintilis. Rome’s Senate renamed it after Caesar was ...

Archaeologists believe they have found the first physical evidence of the spot where Julius Caesar died, according to a new Spanish National Research Council report. Caesar, the head of the Roman ...

You must be a pretty interesting person to have both a pizza chain named after you and a Shakespeare play written about your life. More than 2,000 years after he lived, the legacy of Julius Caesar can ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A rare and ancient gold coin that morbidly celebrates the stabbing death of Julius Caesar was returned this week to Greek officials by investigators in New York who had determined it was looted and ...

Blow-by-blow accounts of the Ides of March spare few details on how Rome's dictator-for-life met a bloody end in 44 B.C. Daggers drawnBefore horrified onlookers, assassins begin attacking Julius ...

Not everyone looks at the Ides of March as a dark day. For some, it was the exact opposite. In fact, there was at least one very important person in ancient Rome who saw fit to celebrate the day ...