Ancient Rome

Politics & Society
Opinion
Trump is no Caesar, but the republic is collapsing
There’s a parallel between ancient Rome and America’s modern republic and it doesn’t bode well for the future of the US

Arts & Culture
The secret to living a longer, healthier life – according to the ancients
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had a lot to say about longevity and good health – some of it remains true today

Arts & Culture
The archaeology of olive oil in the ancient world
Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death

Politics & Society
Resolving contract disputes uses principles both ancient and cosmopolitan
All societies make agreements, so contract law is the perfect site to discover intercultural, cross-generational notions of justice

Arts & Culture
Beauty, wine and death in the ancient world
A new exhibition gives insights into the hidden lives of women, children, slaves and artisans of the ancient Graeco-Roman world

Arts & Culture
Happy ancient Roman Mother’s Day
No breakfast in bed and a bouquet, on Roman Mother’s Day, women served their slaves and offered flowers to a goddess

Arts & Culture
All rivers lead to Rome
Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes

Arts & Culture
What was it like to be a child in the Roman Empire?
As the researcher for a new children’s novel set in Ancient Roman times, archaeologist Tamara Lewit found herself hunting for answers to questions she’d never considered

Arts & Culture
Volcanic winter and pandemic pandemonium
A terrible onslaught of bubonic plague in the sixth century abruptly ended Emperor Justinian’s dream of reunifying the Roman empire and caused massive geopolitical upheaval

Arts & Culture
Q&A
How plague helped make Rome a superpower
Epidemics haunt history, but at a time of COVID-19 it pays to remember they shape history too, as happened in 212 BC at Syracuse