Epitaphs from Ancient Rome and Greece provide an abundance of primary source material. It was the Roman orator Cicero who claimed the life…

In his famous letter to Menoeceus , the philosopher Epicurus argues that we should become accustomed to the belief that death means…

In our previous post discussing the intentions of the Roman proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus when he proclaimed the Freedom of the…

At the Isthmian Games in 196 B.C., the Roman proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus proclaimed the ‘Freedom of the Greeks’ as the outcome of…