Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar?

The three-part docuseries, “Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator” will broadcast at 6 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, on New Mexico PBS’ World, channel 5.4. It is also available to stream on the PBS app.

Today the Ides of March survives as a powerful historical metaphor. What was once simply a day for settling debts and ...

Is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein “a warning against freewheeling scientific experimentation”? Ronald Bailey says no. The paradoxical Renoir: He was disgusted at the “high, ridiculous prices” his art ...

JULIUS CAESAR: THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR is a new three-part BBC-produced historical docudrama that explores how the nearly five-centuries-old Roman democracy was overthrown in just 16 years. The story ...

Explore how Julius Caesar reshaped the Roman Forum into a monumental center of power, politics, and public life. From gladiatorial games and political drama to ambitious architectural projects, Caesar ...

Posteguillo, a bestseller of crime and historical fiction in Spain, makes his English-language debut with a bold series opener about the early life of Gaius Julius Caesar. It’s 77 BCE, and Gnaeus ...