July – Originally called Quintilis (meaning "fifth" in Latin, as it was the fifth month in the early Roman calendar), this month was renamed in 44 BCE after Julius Caesar, following his assassination.

It turns out, though, that my superstitious side can find good company. When the Roman king Numa Pompilius created his own calendar, he gave each month 29 days, except for February, which got 28 days.

After the kings were expelled from Rome and before the Julio-Claudians established the first imperial dynasty, the consuls ...

Over the course of their history, the Romans built a complex and dense network of sewers in the city of Rome. However, only ...

With naïve abandon we quote, “Beware the Ides of March,” a line from Shakespeare’s famous play, Julius Caesar. But March 15, the Ides of March, doesn’t have to be an unlucky day.