Scott Theodore, 50, want to look younger for his 38-year-old wife but woke up with a face so swollen, he thought he looked like Popeye.

How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world.

Second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan refused to answer a “strange” question about Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and former President Serzh Sargsyan. “Mr. Kocharyan, is it acceptable ...