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Who Was The Best Roman Emperor in History?
What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?
The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed
Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...
Reading Ovid and his ideas of empire from the subcontinent
Jean-Paul Laurens' painting of Honorius Flavius captures the fragility of power in the Roman Empire's decline.
'Rome of Portugal' is beautiful city with more visitors than Lisbon
The UNESCO City of Media Arts was previously named Europe's leading emerging tourism destination - and it's not hard to see ...
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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
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Zaha Hadid Architects Transforms a Palazzo into the Luxury Hotel Romeo
The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure ...
Firsthand evidence of Jesus' crucifixion is found in ancient Roman manuscript
Ancient manuscripts detailing the events during the Roman Empire may contain 'historical evidence' about Jesus Christ. The ...
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The Arch of Titus in Rome: Iconography and Ideology
The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...
The Lives of the Caesars — Tom Holland translates Suetonius’s gossip-filled biographies
This scurrilous, wonderfully detailed potted history of 12 Roman rulers still resonates in a sparky new translation ...
Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4)
Tom and Dominic conclude their journey through the colourful lives of Rome’s first Caesars, climaxing with the epic reign of Rome’s most unexpected emperor: Claudius.