By Steven Fife During his reign as dictator from 49-44 BC, Julius Caesar had a number of notable impacts...
Rome
Because of its geography and location, Cilicia was among the most important regions of the classical world....
Carrhae proved to be a complete disaster from its beginning. Introduction The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE was...
The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman Agriculture describes the...
The Aeneid is Virgil’s masterpiece that he completed after eleven years of intensive work. Originally published by...
The Roman Republic emerged out of what one historian called “the ashes of the monarchy.” Introduction Western...
Amid the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, it is important to note, too, the anniversary of an...
How Romans overcame their fear of witches by finding them funny. Introduction For centuries, when people thought...
The Roman emperor Augustus is held up by some as a statesman who brought peace, and as...
Germana Inferior was a small province of the Roman empire, situated along the Lower Rhine. Its capital...
Researchers show that an Ancient Roman text has long been misinterpreted, shedding new light on how innovation...
What the Romans ate and how. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The ancient Mediterranean diet revolved around four...
Although given basic defensive features, forts were never designed to withstand a sustained enemy attack. By Mark...
The Battle of Zama not only ended the Second Punic War, it also established the Roman army...
Cicero’s life was marked by a tension between the life of a politician and that of a...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
His first visit to Rome was around 163 CE during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius...
The area of North Africa which has been known as Libya since 1911 was under Roman domination...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
The codex didn’t catch on until surprisingly late in the ancient world. By Benjamin HarnettClassics Scholar A...
In spite of the military genius of Hannibal, Carthage was destroyed as the result of three wars...
The Etruscan armies of part-time soldiers proved to be no match for the more professional and tactically...
As the political boundaries of the Roman Empire diminished and collapsed in the West, Christianity spread beyond...
With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally...
According to Livy, the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as “fathers”...
It was a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as a deity—Virtus. Virtus was...
After freeing the Zealots from the Temple, the Edomites and Zealots massacred the common people. Introduction The...