One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel.

Today, there is no trace of the Stadio Nazionale del PNF (National Stadium of the National Fascist Party) on the map of Rome.

It was a cold and wet September day, 9 AD. Mist and drizzle covered three Roman legions and their followers traversing through the dense and rugged Teutoburg Forest. Under the governor of the Province ...