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The color purple: It's a new movie and an old hue that's rich in meaning and history

Power, ambition, luxury

The Independent UK

Italian Town Defies Roman Empire’s Collapse, New Study Reveals

Interamna Lirenas thrived well into the 3rd Century AD, challenging previous assumptions about Roman decline.

Zenger

Archaeological discovery upends what we thought we knew about fall of Roman empire

Survey reveals town in modern-day Italy had thriving urban features including public baths, emple, warehouse and theatre hundreds of years later than expected

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TV tonight: Paul Burrell and Sherrie Hewson strip off for charity

Celebrities raise cancer awareness in The Real Full Monty. Plus, Jamie Oliver sorts your Christmas. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Andy Serkis on his ‘shocking’ new play, AI and cancellation: ‘I defy anyone not to tap their foot to Michael Jackson. Your body won’t let you cancel him’

The actor and director goes to the pub to tell Patrick Smith why he thinks ‘Ulster American’ might start a riot, how his ‘Animal Farm’ will land in a Britain that has abandoned democratic principles and why America faces another catastrophe if Trump takes power

The Independent UK

Ex-Speaker McCarthy's departure from Congress reads like Greek tragedy – but stars a 'slight unmeritable man' and not a hero

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s departure from Congress brings to mind ambition and the other side of ambition’s coin, humiliation – the thirst for fame and power on one side, ignominious failure on the other.

The Conversation

Museum classifies Roman emperor as trans – but modern labels oversimplify ancient gender identities

Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short reign, Elagabalus is counted among the most infamous of Roman emperors, often listed alongside Caligula and Nero.

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Eddie Izzard at Richmond Theatre review: a joy to hear those legendary jokes... maybe for the last time?

Izzard remixed her formidable back catalogue for what could become a farewell tour if she's selected as a prospective Labour MP

Evening Standard

TV tonight: The Couple Next Door is a steamy new thriller about swingers

Eleanor Tomlinson and Hugh Dennis star in the juicy Channel 4 series. Plus: the story of Julius Caesar. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘The echoes with Trump are obvious’: BBC series on Caesar casts light on similarities with modern populists

A new three-part docudrama will explore the rise and fall of the Roman general-turned-despot and his impact on history

The Guardian - UK

A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

Evening Standard

A new king has been added to Britain’s history books

Esunertos was once forgotten, but now his name looms large in the historic record

The Independent UK

A new king has been added to Britain’s history books

Esunertos was once forgotten, but now his name looms large in the historic record

The Independent UK

Mantegna: The Triumphs of Caesar – you can hear the trumpets and smell the elephant dung

The full glory of ancient Rome blazes once more in this grand, yet very human, exhibition of paintings on loan from the royal collection

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Travel: Going gluten-free in Rome

I’ve always thought Rome was my kind of city ever since I noticed that they provide daily horoscopes on the screens of the metro, but after being diagnosed with gluten intolerance earlier this year, I glumly thought that my love affair with the eternal city was over.

LiveScience

Ancient Roman walls discovered in Swiss Alps are an 'archaeological sensation'

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman walls in the foothills of the Swiss Alps.

The Guardian - UK

Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone review – fun lucky dip of historical sketches

The TikTok star follows an atom through time, via a dinosaur, Julius Caesar’s lunch and Van Gogh’s ear, in an uncynical show with an excess of scene changes

LiveScience

30 lost burials archaeologists are still searching for

The burials of famous people provide enduring archaeological mysteries. Here are 30 of the most acclaimed "lost" tombs.

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Rare 'Ides of March' dagger coin minted by Brutus after Julius Caesar's murder goes to auction

Brutus minted the silver denarius as a way to pay his troops in the aftermath of Julius Caesar's assassination.

WhatToWatch

The Mayans M.C. ending explained: what happened in the series finale?

We break down the Mayans M.C. ending, detailing how things end for EZ, Angel and the rest of the club.

The Guardian - UK

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – rogue’s gallery

A needle-sharp book about political liabilities from Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats

With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history

The Guardian - UK

Friends, Romans, Mr Speaker: can Shakespeare clean up parliament?

An all-star cast arrived in Westminster on Monday with a potted Julius Caesar, partly in hopes of elevating public discourse. It’s good to have a dream …

The Guardian - UK

Prigozhin crosses his Rubicon in echo of Caesar’s march on Rome

Wagner leader’s abortive mutiny was an irrevocable step that may yet have serious consequences

Bangkok Post

What Wagner's revolt means to Putin's war

The Don is a much bigger river than the Rubicon, but Yevgeny Prigozhin and his army crossed it anyway on Friday.

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