For two and a half hours, The Ruth in Pleasant Grove transported me to another world. It wasn’t as harsh as ours, and all the ...

The Roman Empire conjures up images of military power, gladiatorial contests, and feats of engineering, but to the men who ruled, life was complicated and fraught with risk. Julius Caesar, whose power ...

Bust of Augustus, celebrated as Rome’s savior, whom Tacitus recast as a master of propaganda—masking autocracy as duty, trading liberty for the Pax Romana, and setting the template for modern power.