As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's fiery filibuster may be the moment exhausted Democrats have needed to galvanize opposition to ...

The New York Historical prepares to examine the campaign against Communism that once shook Hollywood and beyond.

“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as ... he likened himself to the Roman slave revolt leader Spartacus in Brett Kavanaugh ...

Bob Menendez was in deep personal and political trouble when he took to the floor of the U.S. Senate 15 months ago ... spotlight as he did when he likened himself to the Roman slave revolt leader ...

Bob Menendez was in deep personal and political trouble when he took to the floor of the U.S. Senate 15 months ... likened himself to the Roman slave revolt leader Spartacus in Brett Kavanaugh ...

Booker took the floor with the intent of “disrupting the normal business” of the Senate for as long ... as grasping for an “I am Spartacus moment”, referring to the leader of a major slave uprising ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Thanks to the Senate that enabled him, Augustus—and every Roman emperor who followed—was a brutal dictator. Some might argue that the empire that rose from the ashes of the republic brought ...