During the chaotic latter half of the first century BCE, Cicero championed a return to the traditional...
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The field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire. “This is the soil...
The Gaulish language and cultural identity underwent a syncretism with the Roman culture of the new governing...
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....
The complex patronage relationships changed with the social pressures during the late Republic. Introduction Patronage (clientela) was...
The Praetorian Guard became notable for its intrigue and interference in Roman politics. Introduction The Praetorian Guard...
Roman law came to have an immense effect on law as actually practiced in the medieval world....
The classics contain many references to tyranny and its causes, effects, methods, practitioners, alternatives. Introduction In the...
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 most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code....
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...
To this day we say: “a man who is worth his salt.” In ancient Rome, this was...
It was a full scale political revolution carried out by less advantaged Romans that redefined the Roman...
He set the stage for Julius Caesar to later seize political power through force and end Republican...
Cincinnatus was a conservative opponent of the rights of the plebeians (the common citizens) who fell into...
The Law, not the State, was the citadel of Roman sovereignty. I Others shall beat out the...
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...