The Entrance of Cornelius Sulla into Rome, where he was appointed as “Dictator” in the First Century...
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The Tarpeian Rock / Photo by Lalupa, Wikimedia Commons The world quickened and mutated, and the Republic...
Antonine baths ruins / Photo by Aymen, Wikimedia Commons The Carthaginian assault on their Numidian neighbours gave...
A fresco by Cesare Maccari (1840-1919 CE) depicting Roman senator Cicero (106-43 BCE) denouncing the conspirator Catiline...
The Rape of Lucretia by Titian (1490-1576 CE). Lucretia was raped by Sextus, son of the Roman...
Looking to the writings of Duncan Kennedy and Hannah Arendt for further insight. By Dr. Elena Giusti...
The Pantheon in 1836, by Jakob Alt / Albertina, Wikimedia Commons Religious worship was a public affair...
Augusts as Rome’s Pontifex Maximus (High Priest) / Wikimedia Commons Every citizen of Rome became his client...
The assassination of Julius Caesar, painted by William Holmes Sullivan, c. 1888 / Wikimedia Commons Dissatisfied Republicans...
Boydell’s Collection of Prints illustrating Shakespeare’s works / British Library, Public Domain Rhetoric was a much-valued skill...
Relief scene of Roman legionaries marching, from the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy, 2nd century CE...
A marble relief panel from Smyrna showing Roman slaves in chains. 200 CE. (Ashmolean Musuem, Oxford, UK)...
The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888), Lawrence Alma-Tadema. (Wikimedia Commons) Ancient Rome featured a myriad of, what could...
The Julio Claudian Ravenna Releie / Creative Commons Descriptions of the diseases of some of these emperors...
This mosaic pavement dates to the first or second century ad and depicts a group of soldiers in...
Relief from the west side of the Ara Pacis in Rome / Wikimedia Commons Augustus was a...
Proclaiming Claudius Emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867 / Wikimedia Commons The Praetorian Guards were the personal bodyguards of...
 Coriolanus Addressing the Plebeians, George Cruikshank One of the most fundamental characteristics of civilization is the rule of...
The newly found inscription provides invaluable information about the construction of the Roman thermae in the Ancient...
Roman bronze balance weights. Probably used by a goldsmith or chemist. Imperial period. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy) / Photo...
Large grain marble head believed to be a local (Mediolanum) copy of an official portrait of Roman emperor Claudius (41-54...
The view inside Pompeii’s old granary (Francesco Lastrucci) The famous archaeological treasure is falling into scandalous decline, even...
Ruins of the Roman Forum / Wikimedia Commons The early history of the Roman Republic was one...
A view of the millstones and oven of a bakery (Pistrinium) in the Roman town of Pompeii which was buried in...
Painting by Laurits Tuxen showing a Christian Bishop displacing an image of the pagan Slavic deities during...
A portion of the 2nd century BCE Basilica of the Roman town of Pompeii, the oldest surviving example of such...
A model of the agora of Athens at its maximum extension during the 2nd century CE. (Agora Museum, Athens) / Photo...
Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula)...
Rewriting history from the air. William S Hanson Scrutinizing archives of aerial photography, we have been able to...
Brothels in Pompeii were decorated with murals depicting erotic and exotic scenes: but the reality was far...