Julius caesar’s assassins make their last stand

Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture

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

In this issue’s Frontline, read how the modern world is “infinitely more complex” than the Cold War and how new Chinese weapons are threatening the US Navy’s Pacific dominance; plus, an expert’s insights into decades of crisis in Sudan, and how two controversial territories continue to create instability

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

MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA 31 MAY – 12 JUNE 1864

July’s magazine featured a review of Max Hastings’s book Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle, alongside an iconic photograph of British troops. That image has featured so many times in articles and TV shows