During the Second Punic War, on August 2, 216 BC, Hannibal led the Carthaginians to victory in the Battle of Cannae, where they slaughtered at least 50,000 Roman legionaries serving under Republican ...

The Aedui (or Haedui) were a powerful Celtic tribe in ancient Gaul (modern-day France), who played a significant role in ...

The Romanization of Gaul began in earnest after Julius Caesar's conquest during the Gallic Wars. Prior to this, much of Gaul ...

Henry III, King of France from 1574 to 1589, was the last ruler of the Valois dynasty. The fourth son of Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici, he was not initially destined to reign. A skilled legislator ...

The Merovingian dynasty was the first Frankish line of kings who ruled in Western Europe from AD 476 to 752. Dynasty of Frankish kings descending from Merovech, the Merovingians ruled over Gaul until ...

The Pax Romana (Latin for "Roman Peace") refers to a period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire that ...

Could there have been an easier conquest? In 332 BC, Alexander the Great entered Egypt without a struggle. At the walls of the capital, Memphis, he received the keys to the royal treasury from the ...

In October 48 BC, the imperator arrived in Egypt to capture his rival Pompey. He ended up staying for nine months to fight the armies of Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII. Julius Caesar nearly lost his life in ...

A comet is a heavenly body formed long ago during the formation of the solar system from gases, rocks, and dust that have since frozen solid. They travel through our sky, leaving behind lengthy clouds ...

Under his real name, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius, Augustus was the first and most famous Roman emperor. When his uncle Julius Caesar died in 44 BCE, Octavius began a long political struggle to gain ...