A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient North Africa by classicist Professor Josephine Quinn and comedian Darren Harriott to learn ...

The Indian Woods historical marker at the intersection of St. Francis Road and U.S. Highway 17 in Bertie County is easily missed while cruising at 55 or 60 miles an hour. Located at the edge of a ...

After decades of war between their cities, the generals Scipio Africanus and Hannibal faced off at the Battle of Zama.

The Punic Wars from the Carthaginian perspective reveal a struggle for survival against an emerging Roman power. From the ...

The truth about historical events cannot be evaluated purely by reference to the ideological perspective of the historian, for example, whether he is a Marxist or a libertarian. Much as it is tempting ...