58. Auguste et la naissance de l'empire romai...

Venezuela, Ukraine, Gaza, Iran.. Partout, la loi du plus fort semble s'imposer.Pourtant, pour l'empêcher, il existe un ensemble de règles, de principes et d’institutions que les hommes ont misdes siècles à construire.Avec une ambition assez folle : mettre la guerre hors-la-loi.Dé ...  Show more

Le Siècle des Lumières, également connu sous le nom d'âge de la raison, Enlightenment en Angleterre ou Aufklärung en Allemagne, couvre largement le XVIIIe siècle. Imaginez cette époque fascinante où de nouvelles idées bouillonnent, où des philosophes audacieux redéfinissent la po ...  Show more

16 January 27 BC is a date sometimes associated with the beginning of the Roman Empire. It was on that day that Octavian received the name Augustus, effectively becoming the first emperor of Rome. Augustus ordered the gates of Janus to be closed, marking an end to the period o ...

With Julius Caesar dead, Cleopatra turned to another of Rome’s dominant figures. She became entwined with Mark Antony, the ruler of the eastern half of the Roman Empire, but even with their enormous combined power the destructive tendrils of Roman politics were inescapable. Just ...  Show more

What happened after the Ides of March? How did the Romans go from co-ordinated assassinations to the Pax Romana? From Tyranny to prosperity? In this third episode of our Ides of March series, Tristan is joined by Dr Hannah Cornwell to discuss the turbulent relations that erupt ...

Julius Caesar makes a name for himself in Rome as a womanizer. A view into the women of the Roman Republic and the women in Caesar’s life. Enter onto the stage Marcus Porcius Cato and Servillia.

Note #1: Suetonius tells us Caesar drank very little wi ...