The Emperor Domitian renamed the month of September "Germanicus" and October "Domitianus". In English as Julius morphed into July and Augustus into August I'm ...
Gn Pompeius Magnus has recently become one of my heroes. Pliny compares him to Alexander, Hercules and Liber (Bacchus) Cicero compares him to Scipio...
31 August besides being the birthday of Caligula is also the birthday of Commodus. Commodus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wikipedia Mobile Address: ...
When Pompey the Great dedicated his theater complex he exhibited an Indian rhinoceros. The unicorn legend ultimately derives from stories about the Indian ...
Review: 'Rome: An Empire's Story' Many of those interested in the history of Rome and late antiquity will love Rome: An Empire's Story, by Greg Woolf, a...
Someone was asking about this book. I got a copy recently and yesterday began to read it. It's good and I really like when I find out something new! The author...
Historic stadium found in Aydın Hürriyet Daily News [Turkey], September/04/2012 During excavation in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the Ortaklar...
Ale, Caesar! Romans and Caledonian tribes went to pub together The Scotsman, 8 September 2012 ARCHAEOLOGISTS surveying the world's most northerly Roman fort...
Ipswich waterfront Saxon dig unearths 300 graves BBC, 8 September 2012 An archaeological dig at Ipswich waterfront has unearthed 300 skeletons and evidence of...
See the 'Google pyramids' up close NBC News [USA], 2012/09/04 The place that went viral last month as the potential site of a mysterious Egyptian pyramid looks...
Buried but found: First images of a lost Roman town PhysOrg.com [USA], September 5, 2012 An ancient Italian town, which disappeared after its abandonment 1,500...
Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Unique Thracian Lion Head Novinite [Bulgaria], September 13, 2012 Bulgarian archaeologists have stumbled upon a unique lion head...
Roman bath found in Mersin's ancient city Hürriyet Daily News [Turkey], September/11/2012 An ancient bath from the Roman period has been found during...
I wonder if what Scipio did at Numantia - encircling the city - inspired Caesar to imitate it later at Alesia? Siege of Numantia - Wikipedia, the free...
"I wonder if what Scipio did at Numantia - encircling the city - inspired Caesar to imitate it later at Alesia?" ....... and Flavius Silva at Masada? Oct...
Roman military camp dating back to the conquest of Gaul throws light on a part of world history Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz [Germany], 14.09.2012 In...
This is one fantastic book! Usually with history books I skip around but this has held my interest from page one. Truly worthy of the five stars it gets! A...