From emperors to presidents, the urge to immortalize oneself in stone, steel and statute rarely outlasts the sands of time.

When Nero died in 68 AD, the Roman world was thrown into confusion as multiple impostors emerged claiming to be the fallen emperor, exploiting fame, distance, and weak communication to gather soldiers ...

On the other hand, Rachman’s invocation (somewhere between a fond hope and plaintive cry) of a post-Neronian presidency overlooks the fact that the normal political order in Rome was substantially ...

AI reimagines historical Roman figures as modern-looking people, bringing emperors, philosophers, and leaders into the present day.

People complain aboutconstruction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it ...

Baiae once served as the ultimate escape for Rome’s wealthiest citizens, a coastal retreat where politics faded into the background and pleasure took center stage. Set along the Bay of Naples, the ...

The moral map of the Roman empire might seem fairly simple. There were good emperors, who governed wisely and brought stability, and there were bad emperors, whose tenures dissolved into cruelty and ...

UK-born coffee chain Caffè Nero has put in a bid to buy Compass Coffee’s assets following the Washington D.C.-area chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month. In a Jan. 23 court filing, ...

Compass Coffee LLC has picked Caffè Nero North America Inc.'s $2.9 million offer as the starting bid for virtually all of its assets after it filed for bankruptcy in early January. UK-based Nero Group ...