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The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

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Martin Scorsese used David Bowie as a distant and almost sympathetic Roman to tell a unique story about Jesus.

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Stephen’s story is so engaging, so directly yet artfully told, that to read Nobody’s Empire merely to hashmark roman à clef points would be foolhardy ... growing up but coming to life again, the book ...

It remained largely forgotten until 1508, when Konrad Peutinger, a book collector from Augsburg ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk ...

WrestleMania 41 Night 1 is poised to deliver a monumental main event as CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns ... and compelling feud WWE could book in the following months.