The end of the gladiators
In AD 350 the gladiatorial games were as popular, magnificent and widespread as they had ever been. An unbroken history...
09/02/2016
ANCIENT HISTORY
Hawara mummies
Hawara mummies created a sensation when they were discovered, and in 1997 visitors to the British Museum found the first...
06/02/2016
Delphi: The end of the gods
The Apollo of Delphi was the god of black jokes. Herodotus says that Croesus, legendarily wealthy king of Lydia, feared...
02/11/2014
The cultural legacy of Alexander the Great
On his death, Alexander left as heirs only a mad brother and a posthumous son, neither of whom were able...
24/06/2014
Pompey the Great’s death
By the autumn of 48 BC, Pompey the Great’s ambitions were in ruins. He had been the most powerful man...
17/10/2013
The African Expedition of Scipio
Nobody probably in the Roman senate doubted either that the war on the part of Carthage against Rome was at...
21/07/2013
The provinces of Roman Republic
Towards the end of the 2nd century BC, the organization of the Roman state was far more complex than it...
10/06/2013
The family in Ancient Egypt
While there was a considerable difference in the housing of the upper and lower middle classes, this did not apply...
19/05/2013
The rise of Athens
It was only in the 6th century BC that Athens began the startling development that was to carry it to...
02/01/2013
Nero, The Emperor
Sumptuously housed on the Palatine Hill—the origin of our word “palace”—is His Highness Claudius Nero, Head of the State, Commander-in-Chief...
20/11/2012