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As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...
The Green Coast Hotel – MGallery Collection has officially opened its doors as the first MGallery property in Albania.
Ancient coins, Judaean rarities, Roman classics, and more headline Frank S. Robinson’s 128th auction July 13 on biddr.com—with low starting bids and no buyer fee.
MGallery Collection, a portfolio of boutique hotels with unique designs and stories, announces the grand opening of its very first property in Albania. Nestled between the majestic mountains and the ...
The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition to an empire. "The oldest coin in the hoard dates back to 152BC and has ...
Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars - in modern day France - are referenced with a coin struck in Spain after the Battle of Munda in 45BC ...
A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...
Julius Caesar’s conquest of France, Britain, and Germany, and his assassination of the Roman leader Pompey (in 48 BCE), had him emerge as the unrivaled leader of the Roman world.
Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands ...
A few centuries later, Julius Caesar was the first Roman leader to have his portrait on a coin while he was still alive, one denarius minted just days before his murder in 44 B.C., the museum said.
This coin of Julius Caesar features, on the obverse, Caesar at the height of his power with a legend naming him as “Dictator in Perpetuity”, an honour bestowed on him by the Roman Senate in ...