Romans

Romans are the people of ancient Rome. What, exactly, makes someone a “Roman” is a point of discussion, of course.

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The Empress Messalina

The Empress Messalina

Teenage nymphomaniac or smooth operator?

Peta Greenfield and Fiona Radford

17 min read

A temple for all the gods

A temple for all the gods

The Pantheon in Rome

6 min read

Incompetent or scapegoat?

Incompetent or scapegoat?

Publius Quinctilius Varus and the AD 9 “Varus Disaster”

11 min read

Nisus and Euryalus

Nisus and Euryalus

Poetry as philosophy

9 min read

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

Exploring Ptolemaic Egypt

13 min read

Soldiers and Silver

Soldiers and Silver

A review of a book by Michael J. Taylor

11 min read

The forgotten fascist legacy

The forgotten fascist legacy

Benito Mussolini’s role in preserving ancient Roman monuments

Alannah Campbell

6 min read

Shut up, woman!

Shut up, woman!

The Apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla and their impact

25 min read

Curating in colour

Curating in colour

Seeing Blackness in post-18th century Greco-Roman collecting culture

12 min read

The state of the state

The state of the state

Why it matters for the ancient world

13 min read

Mithra-ndir

Mithra-ndir

Gandalf and the Roman cult of Mithras

23 min read

An ancient, sacred place

An ancient, sacred place

The Melidoni Cave near Rethymno, Crete

4 min read