Roman Empire
From 27 BC Rome and its territories were ruled by a series of emperors, beginning with Augustus. By the 2nd century AD the empire covered about 13 million square kilometers (5 million square miles... read more |
Keith Hopkins shows that gladiatorial shows in Ancient Rome turned war into a game, preserved an atmosphere of violence in time of peace, and functioned as a political theatre which allowed confrontation between rulers and ruled. |
Ann Natanson reports on a new scheme to restore the Roman Colosseum to its former gory glory. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 10, 2011
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Christopher B. Krebs considers Irene Coltman Brown’s article on the ambivalent and ironic Roman historian Tacitus, first published in History Today in 1981. |
The discovery of a letter written by the great physician sheds new light on one of the most dramatic events in Roman history, as Raoul McLaughlin explains. |
A series of archaeological discoveries off the coast of Sicily reveal how Rome turned a piece of lethal naval technology pioneered by its enemy, Carthage, to its own advantage, explains Ann Natanson. |
The Aeneid, Virgil’s epic Latin poem, offers as profound an insight into the current Libyan crisis as any 24-hour news channel, argues Robert Zaretsky. |
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of this great emperor's accession, on March 8th, AD161. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 3
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Richard Cavendish remembers the death of Emperor Septimus Severus on February 4th, 211. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 2
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Little remains of the great North African empire that was Rome's most formidable enemy, because, as Richard Miles explains, only its complete annihilation could satisfy its younger rival. Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 2
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At the height of the Roman Empire, hundreds of merchant ships left Egypt every year to voyage through the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, exchanging the produce of the Mediterranean for exotic eastern commodities. Raoul McLaughlin traces their pioneering journeys. |
Richard Cavendish remembers the event that signalled the beginning of the end of the Western Roman empire Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 8
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Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence. |
John Haywood explains why the tactics adopted by the Gallic leader Vercingetorix to
resist Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul played into Roman hands.
Published in History Today, Volume: 59 Issue 9
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As the Roman Empire declined its leaders became interested more in personal survival than good governance. Sound familiar? Adrian Goldsworthy draws comparisons with current crises. Published in History Today, Volume: 59 Issue: 5
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To understand why Americans believe their nation to be innocent of imperialism we must go back to the Founding Fathers of the Republic, says Graham MacPhee. Published in History Today, Volume: 58 Issue: 11
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Anthea Gerrie explores a remarkable excavation, a Roman surgeon’s house in Rimini. |
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