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Jesus the anti-christ

The nasty flipside to the old adage that all politics is local is that many of us may not see beyond our noses, our front-door steps, our...

Tiberius ruled the Roman Empire too long. His emperorship lasted 22 years and 6 months. Had he died prior to his semi-retirement, his historical...

By Jesus’ birth, Immaculate Conception was nothing new. The Greek gods had been impregnating mortal women for centuries. For the upper...

The Battle of Teutoburg Forest was a turning point for the Roman Empire. The empire continued to expand into German lands until the confrontation....

HBO’s Rome portrayed Octavian’s mother, Atia, as a political schemer and adulterer. The HBO version is as inaccurate as any Hollywood...

1. Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.):Augustus created the Roman Empire. As Julius Caesar’s heir, he eliminated his benefactor’s enemies and...

Socrates (469-399 B.C.): Socrates fundamentally changed the course of Western Philosophy. Before Socrates, philosophers concentrated on the...

Cicero may have been the greatest orator in history. His diatribes against his opponents are legendary in their vitriol and eloquence. Anyone...

Octavian thoroughly defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. The triumphant Roman chased his prey to Egypt. Cleopatra drove Antony to suicide and...

Octavian wanted total control of the Roman Republic. He exiled his partner Marcus Lepidus into retirement and turned his attention to Mark Antony....