“The greatest man that ever lived,” Alexander Hamilton once told Thomas Jefferson, “was Julius Caesar ... emperor's image captured in this mock portrait by eastern German artist Martin ...

A rare Roman coin featuring the portrait of Brutus, the assassin of statesman Julius Caesar, sold Monday at a Geneva auction for 1.98 million euros, according to organiser Numismatica Genevensis.

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...