Peace! (at the point of a sword)

Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Rich, resourceful and ruthless, the Venetians left handsome imprints across the Greek world, says Matthew Dennison , as he explores the lingering traces of a vanished empire

Travels in mountain country where nations have little meaning

An epic strategy game and city builder with a big toga to fill

On 20 March 44 BC, a violent death in Rome was about to send assembled masses into uproar – sparking pandemonium that threatened to engulf the city. The incident described by the ancient biographer Su