I keep coming back to the Ides of March because it might be the single most misunderstood event in Western history. Most people know the broad strokes: March 15, 44 BC, a group of Roman senators murdered Julius Caesar on the floor of the Senate. But the real story...
How a Teenager Inherited a Civil War and Built an Empire I keep coming back to the story of Augustus because it feels like a masterclass in reading a room that nobody else could even see. Here you have a 19-year-old kid, Caesar’s great-nephew, who suddenly finds...
