Wikimedia Commons Convention and personal interest compelled Caesar to tum his hand to ethnography. By Dr. B.M....
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Titus Lartius was one of the leading men of the early Roman Republic, twice consul, and the first Roman dictator....
The Sebasteion, excavated in 1979-81, was a grandiose temple complex dedicated to Aphrodite and the Julio-Claudian emperors...
Growth of the Achaemenid Empire under different kings / Wikimedia Commons The great audience hall of the...
There were alternate systems of belief for those dissatisfied with the chaotic traditional religious forms. By Dr....
Trajan / Creative Commons The Roman Empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Emperor Trajan. By Dr....
Detail of Geta (face removed) and Caracalla from the Severan Tondo, c. 200 C.E., tempera on wood,...
A section of the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle near Falkirk / Photo by Kim Traynor, Wikimedia...
Chesters Roman Fort – View of the Barrack Blocks Securing the borders of the Roman Empire had...
The mausoleum of Augustus in Rome / Photo by ryarwood, Wikimedia Commons “I found a city built...
Ostraka for Ostracism / Museum of the Ancient Agora, Wikimedia Commons Although the Greek city-states differed in...
Hippocrates, the “father of medicine” / Public Domain By the 5th century BCE, there were attempts to identify...
Dated to the New Kingdom (c. 1570 – c. 1069 BCE), and specifically to c. 1200 BCE, the text...
AcequÃa del Camino Inca entrada a la Huaca de los Monos / Photo by Johnattan Rupire, Wikimedia...
The peristyle (courtyard) of Diocletian’s palace The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine “preserved” the empire, but changed...
In response to drastic unjust debt and legal principles the Plebeians deserted their positions in society and...
The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in...
The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, c.1852 / Getty Images, Creative Commons...
Vincenzo Camuccini’s depiction of the death of Julius Caesar / Getty Images, Creative Commons Caesar made politics...
Kleroterion. This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
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Ancient Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. By Adriaan...
The Gracchi, by Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume / Wikimedia Commons A law gave the Senate the power...
Socrates teaching Alcibiades, by François-André Vincent, 1776 / Musée Fabre, Wikimedia Commons Would a more powerful Socrates...
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade – From the Painting by James Archer / Wikimedia Commons...
Roman Triumphal arch (Arch of Titus) panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem temple /...
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa. Luis Texieira, Portolan Chart, Lisbon, ca. 1600 via...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Lecture by Dr. Joseph R....
AboutWorldLanguages.com The Shan of northern Myanmar speak a language of the Tai-Kadai family found from southern China,...
Ancient temples of Bagan / Photo by Nicholas Kenrick, Wikimedia Commons Humans lived in the region that...
Young Women in the Garden, 1939, by Nguyễn Gia Trà / Heidelberg University, Creative Commons As early...