In the second century BC, the Roman aristocracy promoted a value system that emphasised the customs, traditions and reverence of ancestors…

Eighteen years after the battle of Actium decisively brought the civil wars to a foregone conclusion, the Roman Senate consecrated an altar…

Idioms are a collection of words whom’s meaning is not easily discernible from them individually. Only through usage and context are they…

In the classical period (800 BC – AD 500), suicide held a different connotation than it does today. It was only at the Council of Arles in…

A lecturer of Ancient History at Macquarie University once mentioned that the Romans could teach us a thing or two about bureaucracy. I’ve…

In the first episode of HBO’s acclaimed series Rome, we were lucky enough to see a form of punishment used within the Roman Army. Lucius…