The latter-day Planet of the Apes movies walked an extraordinary tightrope between being a straight-up reboot of the original film series from the '60s and '70s and what amounts to a prequel to the ...

March 15 is known as the Ides of March, which may vaguely remind you of a high school English class. Here are some things to know about the 15th day of the month. Most famously on this date, some ...

Cæsar died last night at Shakespeare in the park. While the last dagger extracted Julius’s “Et tu, Brute?” I was wondering: Why did the Roman populous love Caesar so much? What turned Caesar into a ...

Hauntingly, Shakespeare presents us with the horrific premonition of Calpurnia and her unheeded warning to her husband. Thus, one is prompted to ask if Julius Caesar knowingly allowed himself to be ...

Symbols on the ancient coin, which is about the size of a U.S. quarter, are an argument for the triumphant overthrow of a brutal dictatorship. Courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica A rare golden coin, ...