Tuesday will be the 2,779th birthday of Rome. But only a few Italic Institute members will be celebrating. The day will be acknowledged in Rome and probably in most Latin language classes around the USA. But it’s a pity that ...

I was reminded that April 14th was the 90th birthday of Frank Serpico, the heroic NY cop who fought racism and corruption in the late 1960s. (Note: If you go to the Almanac icon on our website and click on ...

Contrary to Ken Burns’ recent documentary on the American Revolution, it was a band of Italians, the ancient Romans—not the Iroquois—who served as the model for our fledgling republic. Those are Roman fasces mounted in the U.S. House of Representatives ...