There was a desire for the continuity of the Roman decorative tradition and of the prestige attached...
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One of the most difficult misconceptions to resolve is the question of methodology. By John C. Robison...
Hadrian was a capable administrator and a competent military commander. Introduction No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian (r....
Celtic religion in Gaul changed from natural religion at the period of conquest by Caesar to civic...
The Roman Empire began as a single city-state, and it ended the same way. Constantinople at first had...
Saint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. Introduction Saint...
A ‘Pyrrhic victory” denotes a victory that is so damaging to the winning side that it is...
The elite classes in Rome and Athens found lucrative business endeavors necessary in order to climb their...
The Roman hierarchy created different rights and privileges, including voting rights, marriage rights, and more. Introduction Social...
For its courts, modern Europe turned to the old Roman cognitio in the form of the so-called Romano-canonical procedure....
The Roman house was, as is true today, where the nuclear family lived. When one thinks of...
The barracks emperors rose in response to a series of threats to the stability of the state....
The fall of the Roman republic has prompted many historical reflections across the ages. Abstract This article...
There was intricate, complex, and extensive accounting of Roman trade. Introduction Roman commerce was a major sector of...
A German archaeologist deciphered the Roman amphitheater’s amazing underground labyrinth. By Dr. Tom MuellerHistorian and Author Note:...
Catiline was in search of a massive social and economic upheaval of the status quo. Overview and...
The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman agriculture describes the...
‘Census’ is a Latin word, and the modern notion of a state counting the population is a...
Few other societies have reveled in and revered the deliberate and purposeful killing of men and women...
This agora was destroyed by invasions by the Germanic Heruli and Visigoths in 267 CE and 396...
Pliny’s letter to Trajan is significant as one of the earliest descriptions of the Christian movement from...
Romans financed their expansion and government operations using the resources taken from vanquished territories. By Kurt CobbResource...
Exploring Graeco-Roman reading culture through one of its best-preserved and most lavishly-illustrated artefacts. This article, Reading Like...
While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress. Introduction...
The occupation of fuller had a long history, dating back to Mesopotamia long before c.1600 BCE. Introduction...
Like the roots of the concept of “citizen”, the origin of the legal construction of “privacy” lies...
The history of poisons and poisoning goes back about 5,000 years to the earliest written records of...
Although Constantine is acclaimed as the first emperor to embrace Christianity, he was not technically the first...
Silk became so popular that the Roman Senate periodically issued proclamations to prohibit the wearing it on...
The end of the Western Roman Empire traditionally has been seen by historians to mark the end...