Although a saint, a bishop, and an important figure in a turbulent age, Sidonius is remembered particularly...
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Examining the associations known as ‘collegia’ mentioned in the letters (10.33-34) from the Roman pro-consul Pliny to...
By the British Museum / 02.28.2017 Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century C.E.,...
The dead wait to be ferried across the River Styx. The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hiremy...
Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome / Photo by Loudon dodd, Wikimedia Commons Sage advice from the ancients...
Detail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons On January 1, we...
A view on the Roman cavalry forces, especially the equites legionis. By Dr. Stefan Zehetner Institut für...
“The people are only anxious for two things: bread and circuses.” Introduction Two men ready their weapons....
Roman mosaic / Photo by Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wikimedia Commons Prostitution quickly became a popular...
The battle marked the end of the internal conflict in the Roman Empire and the solidification of...
The reign of Justinian was an extremely significant period. It marked the final end of the Roman...
Illustration showing Alaric in Athens, by Ludwig Thiersch / Wikimedia Commons If one wishes to consider German-Roman...
This painting by Roberto Bompiani captures a common 19th-century association of Roman dining and excess. A Roman Feast,...
The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...
After the death of Tiberius, the problem of the succession presented to the senate was not an...
An equestrian statue of a Julio-Claudian prince, originally identified as Caligula / British Museum, Creative Commons Looking,...
Was persecution a consistent imperial policy, and what types of punishments were inflicted on Christians? The Christian Martyrs’...
Ancient Athens practically invented Western culture, but xenophobia led to the collapse of the Empire. Flickr/SantiMB The ancients...
The entrance of Sulla into Rome / Creative Commons Factions seeking to manipulate the system for control....
Vercingetorix, atop his horse, surrenders to Julius Caesar. Painting by Lionel Royer. | Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons...
Decimation in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments, by William Hogarth, c.1725 / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons Punishment by...
When Britain went it alone. Shutterstock Centuries ago Britain attempted to sever ties with the continent – and it ended in murder. By...
Modern reconstruction of what the Second Temple would have looked like after its renovation during the reign of Herod I...
Examining interactions and the exchanges in the Eurasian networks during the first centuries of the Roman Empire. By...
Creative Commons One of the most fundamental characteristics of civilization is the rule of law, especially equal...
The Plebeian struggle to gain equal standing with the aristocratic Patrician ruling class. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh...
Decimation (William Hogarth) in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons The ancient Romans interpreted...
The Republic at the Zenith of Its Power. Golden Liberty. The Royal Election of 1573, by Jan Matejko / Royal Castle,...
Inside Rome’s Colosseum visitors can view the chambers that once held animals and contenders below the arena...
Wall painting (1st century AD) from Pompeii depicting a multigenerational banquet / Naples National Archaeological Museum, Wikimedia...