Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

In 48 BC, when Rome was torn by a civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey ... combined forces to fight Octavian in the Battle of Actium, in which he defeated them. Mark Antony’s men as ...

Maudie Hopkins married a Civil War veteran of the Confederate States Army named William ... After being defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Cleopatra and her lover took their own ...

The makers of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Porcelain War" discuss the fragility of life — and the strength of resistance ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Donald Trump wants to negotiate an end to the Russo-Ukrainian war. But for a cease-fire not to boomerang back as an even bigger calamity, Moscow must come to terms with a hard truth — ending its ...

Chinese developers Eclipse Glow Games have revealed Tides Of Annihilation, a fantasy hack-and-slash set in a "twisted", modern yet Arthurian version of London. It casts you as Gwendolyn, a baby-faced ...

Donald Trump says there has been agreement to begin negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, after holding phone calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is the US president's ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met ...