Rome – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

Defying Definition: The Changing Meaning of ‘Family’ in Ancient Rome

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000

Ancient Rome’s idea of family shifted across law, household authority, marriage, adoption, inheritance, and social practice, resisting any

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000

Augustus’s Res Gestae turned civil war, coercion, and autocracy into a polished public memory of peace, restraint, and

Matthew McIntosh — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:52:29 +0000

Rome imagined Britain as both imperial possession and unsettling frontier, a familiar province made strange by distance, resistance,

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:02:00 +0000

A literary saint elevated by imperial ambition, Apollonius of Tyana reveals why constructed religious authority could not compete

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:51:09 +0000

In Roman-era Greece, teletai preserved the secrecy and power of ancient mystery cults, offering initiates transformation, belonging, and

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:02:00 +0000

Ancient Greece and Rome lacked copyright law, yet fiercely defended authorship, exposing plagiarism and forgery through reputation, rivalry,

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:02:00 +0000

Diocletian’s price edict sought to tame inflation through control, yet exposed the limits of authority when economic realities

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:28:53 +0000

Pay close attention to this image (or a wall painting, to be more precise), where two men play

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:03:00 +0000

In the second century BCE, Seleucid attempts to suppress Jewish religious practices transformed cultural identity into political resistance,

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:03:00 +0000

In Roman Judaea, the Sicarii used assassination against officials and collaborators. Their violence reveals how empire and insurgents