The usurpation mania of the third century had profound effects in the empire’s bureaucratic and military organization....
Rome
Nero’s death marked a definitive end to the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, and a series of civil wars began...
The old were often portrayed as avaricious, cowardly, quarrelsome and irritable, and they always complained about the...
Around half of all Roman emperors received some form of the condemnation. By Mati Davis and Sara...
This legacy survived the demise of the empire itself and went on to shape other civilizations, a...
Romans were particularly receptive to foreign cults at times of social upheaval to help address new uncertainties...
The idea of a single, unified, and dominant religion shared by all members of a single culture...
Romantic love, although recognized and praised by the poets, played little part in many marriages. Introduction Love,...
Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures...
Expressions of popular will were still constrained by an essentially oligarchic and aristocratic system. As a Classicist,...
The Romans enjoyed serious endeavors and so the writing of historiography became very popular for upper class...
The Ara Pacis is, at its simplest, an open-air altar for blood sacrifice associated with the Roman...
The text, first published in 98 C.E., has a long legacy. By Emily T. Simon Ask a...
The course of study lasted for five years and consisted in the revision and analysis of classical...
Civil wars in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman statesman and general, attempted to take control of...
The Romans and Parthians used internal dissent and succession problems within the Seleucid royal house to bring...
Examining the guilds and professional associations driving ancient commerce in Hellenistic Roman Macedon. Establishment of a New...
Legends aside, Rome’s earliest beginnings are humble and relatively ordinary. The Eternal City Rome is often described...
Originally, the Cybelean cult was brought to Rome during the time of the Second Punic War (218...
Later, more nations recognized the value of Roman culture and came to adopt aspects of it in...
In 264 BCE, Volsinii became one of the last Etruscan cities to fall in the interminable wars...
The dog was a companion, guardian, hunter, professional fighter, tracker, fellow warrior, and sometimes a sacrifice in...
In order to understand the Marian army, one must consider the military structure of pre-Marian times. By...
Because legions were not permanent units until the Marian reforms, hundreds were named and numbered throughout Roman...
Ultimately, it allowed Caesar to overthrow the Roman Republic and led to the establishment of the Imperial...
Dictators were only supposed to be appointed so long as the Romans had to carry on wars...
Domitian’s reign was not only a tale of repression but also one of reform and good government....
Diocletian restructured the Roman government by establishing the Tetrarchy – four men sharing rule over the massive...
There is no evidence concerning the historicity of the Romulus and Remus mythology. Introduction The Romulus and...
By the sixth century gossip and defamation were viable and even preferable weapons against one’s political adversaries....