Overview :Roman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout hi... Read More
Overview :Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this ve... Read More
Overview :Having spent most of his life managing his servants--many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests--he decided to write a kind of ow... Read More
Overview :The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. Commodus's passion for... Read More
Overview :Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. From the ruins of Troy to the Great Lighth... Read More
Overview :Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all ... Read More