The Gaulish language and cultural identity underwent a syncretism with the Roman culture of the new governing...
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The plague’s social and cultural impact has been compared to that of the Black Death that devastated...
The Roman Empire repeatedly faced an uncertain future. Introduction Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of...
In 44 BC, at the celebration of the Lupercalia, Julius Caesar, seated in a gilded chair at...
Many emperors were raised to gods after death, but just as many received the opposite – officially...
Tutor and advisor to Nero, he was ordered to commit suicide – by Nero. Introduction Lucius Annaeus...
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 – c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of...
Honor Ceres, the goddess of wheat, with this ancient recipe. Introduction Although Ceres (Greek Demeter) was in...
Exploring how manuscripts reveal the evolution of the tale of Troy in ancient Greek and Latin traditions....
In Cicero’s Rome, the government eventually came under the control of a well-trained ruling class. Introduction As...
Rome’s ordinary magistrates and promagistrates successfully carried on all Roman campaigns, without the need for a dictator,...
One of the most common types of graffiti found lining the streets of Pompeii were political graffiti....
The loss caused a great shock in Rome and effectively stopped Roman expansion beyond the Rhine River....
Trials were very much a public affair, held out-of-doors or in basilicas; private homes might themselves have...
It was a full scale political revolution carried out by less advantaged Romans that redefined the Roman...
The true greatness in the structure of the Roman soul consists in a kind of spiritual grandeur...
Antony was popular as a tribune and sought vengeance for Caesar before joining Cleopatra and falling out...
His reign is commonly considered to mark the end of the golden period in the history of...
The bronze colossus originally portrayed Nero, thereafter Commodus, before it was given its present appearance in the...
The Aeneid was written to praise Augustus by drawing parallels between him and the protagonist, Aeneas. Introduction...
Sentenced to death but acquitted in a public trial based upon his father’s appeal. The Story According...
Flaminius was in such a rush to catch the invaders that he failed to set up proper...
What was the role of rhetoric in all of their different courts and procedures? By O.E. Tellegen...
The plutocracy of Carthage was only too willing to pick a quarrel with Rome. The Semitic colony...
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals, and home remedies. The Greeks combined dietetics, medicines,...
Propaganda tactics are timeless. While the game has moved on since the time of Augustus, the rules...
Mark Antony, one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic, offered the nation’s elected leader,...
Women who chose a life in the arena – and it does seem this was a choice...
A significant portion of the wall still exists, particularly the mid-section, and for much of its length...
This faction favored the cause of the plebeians (the commoners). Introduction The Populares were a political faction...