The Cimbri and the Teutones c.120 BC-101 BC
In 1891, farm workers digging in a peat bog at Gundestrup in the far north of Jutland, Denmark, discovered a...
09/03/2019
Ancient Rome
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
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
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 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
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
Food feasts in Ancient Rome
The festive consumption of food and drink was an important social ritual in the Roman world. Known in general terms...
17/12/2011