Tag: Rome

Walk down the jet bridge in your comfy cute style, ready for your first day in Rome. Just skip packing your Gucci python print heels on this escapade. You can look stylish wandering Rome by looking at number-two of these 12 Rome tips without looking like the goofy tourist in your wander...

In Ancient Rome, slaves were a commodity with very uneven demand and supply. Unlike wine, wheat, and other products of constant demand, the price of slaves of the same quality (age, health, strength, and skills) could vary greatly, even by an order of magnitude. If the Roman Empire had conducted a v...

Rome waged a war of annihilation against Carthage. It was not satisfied with merely weakening its main rival in the Mediterranean region; it sought its complete disappearance. Roman politicians and military leaders understood this and acted accordingly. Hannibal also desired the destruction of Rome ...

The future Emperor Diocletian, originally named Diocles, grew up in Dalmatia in the territory of modern Montenegro and came from humble origins. It is believed that his father was a freedman, likely a scribe. Upon reaching the necessary age, Diocles joined the military as a common soldier and climbe...

“Marcus Aurelius really was a Roman Emperor for about 6 decades (161–180). He was a scholar who adhered to Stoicism, and reflected his view and perspectives about life in a writing called “Meditations”. Although he was a philanthropist and introduced social reforms, he did no...

The first and most crucial difference is which empire and in what state attacked Greece. The Persian Empire, more precisely, the Achaemenid state, was a purely terrestrial and rather loose political entity. Having conquered vast territories (from the coast of the Indus in the east to the Aegean Sea ...

The Vestal Virgins inhabited a unique space in Roman society. They were the most prominent women in Rome, heavily revered and with privileges no other woman was given. But they also lived with extreme duties and restrictions. Their most famous restriction is obvious from their title: every Vestal wa...

The triumph was one of the oldest ceremonies in Ancient Rome. The first triumph, conducted by Romulus, the founder of Rome, is described by the Greek historian Plutarch: “Wishing to lend as much splendor as possible to the fulfillment of a vow he had made to Jupiter, and to delight the citizen...

Though today he is not as famous as the likes of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, or Augustus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, in his day, was as important a figure as any of the above-mentioned. In many regards, he was an early precursor for all of the them, serving as both an example and perhaps even as an ins...

It is said that this scenic and theatrical effect was carefully designed at the request of Emperor Augustus himself, who wanted to be able to cross the threshold of the temple with his body completely bathed in sunlight. In reality, history shows us a somewhat more complex reality than ...