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Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned.

With Gladiator II thrusting into cinematic arenas next month, we hand out laurels to the greatest sword-and-sandal movies of them all

This could get messy.

There are many reasons an ancient statue might accidentally lose its head — and some for its head to be severed on purpose.

Cheaters in the ancient Olympics were thrashed with a rod. But what is to be done when the cheater is the king?

How much is true, and how much of it is taking a healthy slice of historic liberty?

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday faced accusations of transphobia after lashing out at the snap election manifesto of a new left-wing coalition, while the far-right party leader insisted he would not question France's international commitments including on NATO. With less than two weeks before the first round of polling in…

Director Walter Sutcliffe’s modern-day production of Monteverdi’s take on Emperor Nero scores some hits but as many misses. Musically, though, it is outstanding

One of the oddest features of the culture right now is that the philosophy of Stoicism is a big thing. There’s a group called Modern Stoicism which runs a Stoic Week, that asks participants to live like a Stoic — and it turns out that it makes them feel good.…

Opinion | While he might not have Dante's instant, easy cool, Nero's arsenal makes up for it

Irish author’s ‘suspenseful and linguistically astonishing’ fourth novel praised for its ‘great wit and humanity’ by judge Bernardine Evaristo