The Goths Take Rome
The distinction between centre and periphery was vital to the Roman Empire’s conception of itself. For centuries a rugged frontier, the land north of the Danube would produce one of Rome’s greatest foes.
The distinction between centre and periphery was vital to the Roman Empire’s conception of itself. For centuries a rugged frontier, the land north of the Danube would produce one of Rome’s greatest foes.
Contradictions in Roman law left incurable headaches for its judges.
Was Nero the Antichrist? The bestial image of the Roman emperor persists in popular culture, but the truth is more complex.
In the ancient world, statues were not symbols of virtue and could take revenge on those who attacked them.
As human populations expand and their exploitation of the globe increases, so does their vulnerability to certain diseases.
The largest of Pompeii's legalised Lupanars is the only surviving ‘purpose-built’ Roman brothel.
The little-known republic was a short-lived experiment in constitutional democracy.
Antiquities were high stakes and high profit in 16th-century Rome, and no one was above breaking the law for loot.
Not content with bringing aqueducts, sanitation and roads, the Romans transformed Britain’s flora and fauna.
A vivid portrait of one of history’s most momentous conspiracies.