The beginning of Ptolemaic influence in Nubia began when Ptolemy II led a campaign against the kingdom...
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The treatment of the military subject in Shakespeare’s Roman plays complicates early modern cultural understandings of the...
A number of highly educated citizens could speak and read both Greek and Latin. Introduction The Roman...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Regional, inter-regional and international trade was a common feature of the Roman world....
Even citizens found their city confusing. A city – a free city – was where a man...
The trials for ambitus were numerous in the time of the republic. Introduction In ancient Roman law,...
Political offices and institutions were designed to prevent any one man from becoming too powerful. Political Institutions...
This refers to any one of several ancient Roman laws (leges maiestatis) dealing with crimes against the...
Similarities of its features suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of Christmas. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
An analysis of the Aeneid and the extent to which it can be taken as a commentary...
Slavery, for many civilizations throughout human history, has been an inescapable fact. By Harrison Kavanagh Like all...
Fertility cult, however loosely and often unhelpfully defined, has long been an accepted element of ancient religious...
The political climate was marked by civil discord and rampant political violence. By Jesse SifuentesHistorian Introduction Lucius...
The history of the Roman Empire offered many vivid examples of how absolute power could corrupt absolutely....
Power, and the desire for more, is always corruptive, as illustrated by the life of Gaius Marius....
Mystery cults have some characteristics not usually found in more traditional Roman religions. By Stephen Matthiesen The...
That a republic may vanish is an elementary schoolbook fact. By Dr. Garet Garrett The Roman Republic...
A highly important function of the Forum Romanum was as a center of administration and politics. The...
The patricians were distinct from the plebeians because they had wider political influence, at least in the...
This is one of the best, if not the very best, documented events surviving from the ancient...
The failure of the conspiracy in Rome was a massive blow to Catiline‘s cause. Overview Lucius Sergius...
Sicily’s historical legacy today includes some of the most impressive and best-preserved ancient monuments in the Mediterranean....
During the Roman Republic the citizens would elect almost all officeholders annually. Introduction Elections in the Roman...
Herod was a client king of Rome, but his route to the throne was not a straightforward...
Their shaky alliance would steadily deteriorate, each of them waging a war of pernicious propaganda. By Jesse...
The came about, at least in part, due to the dynamics in the relationship between three forceful...
Examining the type of anesthesia and techniques employed to prepare patients for invasive surgery in ancient Rome....
Treatments became more well known, and surgery became more sophisticated. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Roman medicine was...
Understanding history can deepen our sense of what it means to be human and how fragile our...