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REBELS AGAINST ROME: 400 Years of Rebellions Against the Rule of Rome, my 45th book believe it or not, is being published in the US by Turner Publishing on January 31, and a little later in the [...]

It was great to be back in the studio talking with my old friend Richard Fidler on his Conversations hour on ABC Radio across Australia this week, discussing my latest biography CYRUS THE GREAT. [...]

In the middle of a pandemic comes the inspiring tale about a leader who survived an assassination attempt as a child, survived the scourge of domination by a foreign power as a young man, [...]

Last week the Washington Post quoted from my 2004 book Standing Bear is a Person as it reported that a statue of Standing Bear was unveiled on Washington’s Capitol Hill. I was delighted to [...]

Today, August 31, is the anniversary of the birth of Caligula, aka Gaius, third emperor of Rome, 2007 years ago. Caligula was an unfortunate and fearful boy who happened to walk through his [...]

Caligula The Mad Emperor of Rome hit US bookstores on July 30. Amazon rated it their #1 new release in the Roman biography category. The Royalty.nu website made it their ‘Book of the [...]

This is me at the Pont du Gard in Provence a couple of years ago. While I was guest speaker on a cruise ship going up and down the Rhone I took the opportunity to revisit some old haunts as part [...]

I should start by pointing out that the above spead-eagle image was the shield emblem of the 22nd Primigenia Legion, a Roman legion believed to have been founded by young emperor Caligula for his [...]

As I will be telling listeners on ABC Radio across Australia this coming Sunday night on the Nightlife program, the night of March 24-25 is the 75th anniversary of the 1944 tunnel breakout by 76 [...]

After an absence of several years I’m returning to the Roman world. On July 30, Turner Publishing will release my biography of Rome’s third emperor, CALIGULA,The Mad Emperor of Rome, [...]