Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

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In ancient Rome, high-ranking generals and politicians used unique perfumes to set themselves apart — and now scientists have ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was a thriving centre till the 3rd century. At such a critical ...

Good fortune seemed eternally to shine on that brilliant Roman general, at least until Julius Caesar dealt him a crushing defeat in central Greece. Pompey fled to Egypt, where in 48 B.C. he was ...

For one, Julius Caesar, a successful military leader and dictator of the Roman Republic, was stabbed to death on March 15, 44 BCE, in Rome, Italy. Other infamous events – such as Adolf Hitler ...

After being captured, the bold Coax takes a Roman hostage demanding ransom against his liberation. He is unaware, however, that his captive is a young Caius Julius Caesar. It does not take the ...

Few men of history have as formidable or as mighty a reputation as Julius Caesar He is not only one of the central figures of Roman history but a man who shaped the future of the world as we know ...