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Rome’s slaves were brutalised, mocked, exploited – or simply ignored.
A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars
Mark Antony’s wife was a political player in her own right
In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle
Inside History
Long before the Romans came to dominate the ancient world – before Caesar crossed the Rubicon, Claudius invaded Britain and Vesuvius buried Pompeii – another civilisation dominated the Italian peninsu
Should ancient Athens serve modern progressive causes?
