The Spartans punished cowards in battle by shaving all or part of the coward's beard from his face. Alexander the Great ...

All3Media International has clinched new SVOD and AVOD deals in the U.S. and Canada, including selling 20-plus hours of unscripted content to BBC Select. A classicist who specializes in ancient Rome, ...

The classicist Mary Beard examines the excesses and tedium of imperial rule, sorting fact from gossip and tall tales. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

Classics professor Mary Beard, author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, joins Christopher John Farley for a conversation about her new book, as well as a look at how Roman times speak to today.

We asked one of the world's leading experts on Ancient Rome and Roman Military History, Dr Simon Elliott FSA to answer the ...

ONE of Britain’s best-known historians has called Colchester’s Roman Circus “absolutely amazing” ahead of an inquiry which will decide if part of the site will make way for 203 new homes. Dame Mary ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...