The Senate continued to meet in Rome just as it had for nearly a millennium. Latin remained the language of administration.

For centuries, Rome and Persia were locked in one of history’s longest imperial rivalries. Roman armies even captured the Persian capital several times, yet they never managed to conquer the region ...

Struggling to subdue the people of Spain in 134 B.C., Roman general Scipio Aemilianus realized he needed more troops. He turned to Numidia, a North African ally whose ruler, Micipsa, was glad to ...