What Have the Romans Done for Us?
Not content with bringing aqueducts, sanitation and roads, the Romans transformed Britain’s flora and fauna.
Roman Empire
The Death of Caesar
A vivid portrait of one of history’s most momentous conspiracies.
When the Romans met the Christians
What was it like for a Roman to encounter a Christian for the first time? As the Empire reached its greatest extent, Pliny the Younger found himself face-to-face with members of the new religious group.
Mamertines: The Sons of Mars
The struggle to control the straits dividing Sicily from southern Italy brought Carthage and Rome head to head. It was a world in which ruthless mercenaries called Mamertines prospered.
‘Domina’ by Guy de la Bédoyère review
On the women who made imperial Rome.
‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
A study of cultish rituals in Roman Britain reveals a cross-fertilisation of religions.
‘Brutus: The Noble Conspirator’ by Kathryn Tempest review
Brutus: The Noble Conspirator by Kathryn Tempest is a meticulously researched, beautifully written biography of Julius Caesar’s assassin.
Was Brutus an Honourable Man?
Marcus Junius Brutus, the man who conspired to kill Julius Caesar, was not quite the friend to his fellow Romans that the legend suggests.
Charlemagne, Muhammad and the Fall of Rome
Henri Pirenne transformed the way historians think about the end of the Classical world and the beginning of the Middle Ages.
Roman Loans
Dealing with debt in the Roman Empire.