Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.), one of Rome’s greatest military leaders, was commanding the Roman legions in Gaul (modern-day ...

This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries ...

New York and London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. xxxii, 279. Illus., notes, sources, index. $43.99 paper. ISBN:1032262516 The Roman Senate in the Fourth-Century Empire. Rita Lizzi Testa’s Christian Emperors ...

Then, he proclaims Julia Drusilla, his beloved sister and lover, as his equal, much to the disgust of the Roman Senate. Now a dangerous megalomaniac, Caligula declares himself a god. As he embarks ...

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...

This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries ...