Presentations on The Roman Empire

I began listening to the Teaching Company course ?The Early Middle Ages? presented by Dr. Philip Daileader of the College of William and Ma...

BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS : "The Italian Embassy will hold a series of cultural events in Bucharest throughout June, in an effort to emphasi...

American Journal of Philology 124:3 : "Contrary to the view that "respectable" women dined seated until the Augustan era, I a...

Having just returned from England, I have renewed my interest in the complex history of Roman Britain and find myself resesarching more an m...

I see that Heritage Malta is conducting another thematic heritage trail on Sunday 7th May with the focus on the Roman Domus in Rabat and the...

When I was in England recently, I was surprised by a change in thought about the Saxon invasion (or should I now say immigration?) of Britai...

How Gladiators really lived : "The fury of gladiatorial combat first came to Ephesus in 69BC, courtesy of Lucullus, the Roman army'...

Excerpt: ENOTRIAN AND GREEK SETTLERS IN THE SIBARITIDE by Marianne Kleibrink The first study concerns the colonisation of the Sibaritide, t...

We all know how Rome has been the leader in the first unification of the peninsula, precursor of the idea itself of Italy, as well as a ligh...

Ancient Peoples of Italy : "The future of the Italian peninsula was shaped by the different peoples who inhabited it between the years ...

Discovery Channel News: "Egyptian queen Cleopatra used her hairstyles in calculated ways to enhance her power and fame, according to a ...

I saw an article today about Alexander Siddig (Star Trek's Dr. Bashir) playing Hannibal in a new program by the BBC that supposedly wa...

Philip A. Harland: "Historians of Greco-Roman religion such as Arthur D. Nock, Martin P. Nilsson, G.W. Bowersock, Kurt Latte, Ronald M...

by Marjolein Schat "Emperor Justinian I took power of a depleted Roman Empire in 527 C.E. Justinian?s goal was to restore the Roman Em...

Theodosius I - Emperor of Rome : "After the Visigoths trounced the Eastern Empire and killed its emperor (Valens) at the Battle of Adri...

By by Jonathan R. ZISKIND (University of Louisville, Ky) "Two people have an argument. The conflict grows increasingly heated, and the ...

"When a cast headed by Tom Mannion takes to the stage of the Crucible theatre in Sheffield this evening, they will be embarking on the ...

Palmyra : "Little is known of the Palmyrene community before 41 BCE. Its wealth was enough to excite the cupidity of Mark Antony, who o...

by William Cecil Headrick, 1941 "The legal and political rise of plebeian elements: The extension of political rights to commoners has...

By Tenney Frank, July 1916: THERE is one surprise that the historian usually experiences upon his first visit to Rome. It may be at the Gal...