LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Join us as we journey through the history of timekeeping, from ancient civilizations to the Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar and how the inaccuracies in the led to Pope Gregory to an ...

Torn between the futile noblity of Marcus Brutus, and the clear-eyed visions of Marcus Aurelius, the latter serves best as ...

The Vatican's Arizona location dates back to 1980, when the Vatican partnered with the University of Arizona to study the ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

A Romano-British man and a Celt discuss Julius Caesar and the Roman army’s first attempt to invade Britain. They give different information and details about what happened. An animated map shows ...

Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of ...

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...