ALEXANDER STILLE writes frequently about Italy. His latest book is "The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country With a Fabled History and a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio ...

“I sometimes think,” sang the Poet Omar, “that never blows so red the rose as where some buried Caesar bled.” Few, if any. roses bloomed in the church of Spain’s highland town of Viana where lethal ...

Five hundred years after he was killed in battle, the remains of Cesare Borgia, the notorious inspiration for Machiavelli's The Prince, are to be moved into a Spanish church. Banned from holy ground ...

“It’s like ‘The Borgias’ meets ‘Game of Thrones’ meets ‘Dawson’s Creek.'” That’s how Francois Arnaud, who plays Cesare Borgia in Showtime’s “The Borgias,” described the Season 2 finale airing at 9 p.m ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...