Why was the first century so turbulent? The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they ...
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You Can Now Walk Through the Colosseum’s Secret Tunnel Once Used by Ancient Roman Emperors
Experts say the notorious emperor Commodus may have survived an assassination attempt inside this tunnel, which is now open ...
New York and London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. xxxii, 279. Illus., notes, sources, index. $43.99 paper. ISBN:1032262516 The Roman Senate in the Fourth-Century Empire. Rita Lizzi Testa’s Christian Emperors ...
One of the funniest works of Roman literature to survive—and the only one that has ever made me laugh out loud—is a skit, written by the philosopher Seneca, about the Emperor Claudius’ adventures on ...
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