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Sixteen Satires
Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor and the sheer energy of everyday Roman life. In The Sixteen Satires he evokes a …
Amphorae from the Kops Plateau (Nijmegen): trade and supply to the Lower-Rhineland from the Augustan period to AD 69/70
In the year 19 BC, Roman legions arrived in Nijmegen with the aim of conquering the Rhenish territories from the local populations. In addition to the legionaries themselves, the …
Stoicism Is Not What You Think
We all know what it means to be ‘stoical’: to have a stiff upper lip, to hide or suppress one’s emotions, to be indifferent to the outside world. Many people might reasonably think …
Representatives of Roman Rule
Luke-Acts contains a wealth of material that is relevant to politics, and the relationship between Jesus and his followers and the Roman Empire becomes an issue at a number of …
The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
The fineness of Roman imperial and provincial coinage has been regarded as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the Roman Empire, with the apparent gradual decline of the …
Homer in Stone
The Tabulae Iliacae are a group of carved stone plaques created in the context of early Imperial Rome that use miniature images and text to retell stories from Greek myth and …
Heirs of King Verica
Britain is traditionally considered to have been conquered by the Romans in AD43. In fact the intervention took place because an important faction of the Atrebates tribe under King …
Roman Camps in Britain
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest of the ancient world, and expanding and maintaining that Empire required military might. While considerable research has been undertaken on …
The Story of the Kings of Rome
First published in 1914, this volume contains the legendary stories of early Rome taken from the first book of Livy, edited and adapted by G. M. Edwards. Although the Latin text is …
The Roman World
The Roman World is an investigative course designed to develop students’ historical knowledge, skills and understanding of ancient Rome. It is divided into units that present …