According to legend, Pandrasus, an ancient Greek king of Epirus, ruled over an enslaved community of Trojans sometime after the Trojan War. This legend tells the story of how King Pandrasus was defeated and how the Trojans escaped captivity....
Julius Caesar reportedly said his last words in Greek: "And you, son Brutus" (Καὶ σύ, τέκνον Βροῦτε). But why did Caesar choose to speak these words in Greek?
The Ides of March and Caesar’s assassination
It was March 15, 44 BC,...
When Marcus Junius Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar in 44 BC, he saw himself as a defender of the Roman Republic and liberty, guided by deals of virtue and duty. Brutus was a protégé of Caesar. He did not kill him...
According to medieval legends, there was a Trojan migration to Britain several generations after the Trojan War. For centuries, the British believed this legend wholeheartedly. Today, most scholars dismiss it as medieval fiction. However, a new book presents an...
