The End of Pompeii: The Death and Eventual Resurrection of an Ancient Roman City
On August 24, 79 A.D., a small town in the Roman province of Campania, on the western shore of Italy, was stopped dead in her tracks by the violent eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The city, Pompeii, along...
View ArticleCupid and Psyche: A romance of mythical proportions
Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, was widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world, mortal or divine. So, you’d think she would have been pretty confident and secure. On the...
View ArticleCommemorative Monuments and Sacred Places in the Roman Forum
Rome fancied celebrating its military conquests and victories. Victorious generals and legions would parade through the streets of Rome after an important battle, often to grand hoopla and celebration....
View ArticleThe Administrative and Governmental Buildings of the Roman Forum
The Forum Romanum was the main and central forum of the city of Rome. It became the economic, political, and religious center of the city in early Republican times, around the seventh century B.C. It...
View ArticleTerritorial Expansion of the Roman World
Expansion during the Early Roman Republic (509 – 265 B.C.E.) The Italian peninsula was inhabited principally by several native tribes before the Greeks settled there and the Etruscans rose to...
View ArticleThugga – Ancient Multicultural Town?
The mausoleum of Ateban in Thugga, fifty miles to the south-west of Carthage in what was Numidia, stands an impressive 69 ft/21 metres high. Built originally at the beginning of the second century BC,...
View ArticleRoman North Africa And Cultural Interaction
Many cultures interacted in the Roman province of Africa, centred upon the region known as Africa Proconsularis (i.e. modern Tunisia and northern Libya) Prior to the Roman defeat of the Carthaginians...
View ArticlePliny, Tacitus, Josephus and Jesus: Why These Writers Don’t Prove Jesus Existed
Christian scholars will point to passages that occur in the writings of Tacitus, Pliny and Josephus to prove that Jesus existed. This requires a reader to make a conclusion that is not supported in the...
View ArticleRome’s Third Servile War: One of the First Great Battles Against Slavery
While many students of American history are probably familiar with the story of John Brown and his attempt to gain support for a slave uprising at Harper’s Fairy, Virginia, most people are not aware of...
View ArticleOctavia, Wife of Nero: Seneca’s Tragedy – Roman Empress Octavia’s Marriage,...
Octavia was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Claudius and his wife Messalina. Her mother was executed in their childhood for committing adultery, and her father remarried Agrippinna. He later adopted...
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