#ancientrome

Could you imagine being a guide of an important Militar chief and you do a terrible mistake, in part not your falt but the foreign pronuntiation of the chief? Mentioned at The Art of War: A Pronunciation

The Romans brushed with urine and bones. Disgusting today, but genius chemistry 2,000 years ago.

Hey dear Hive Community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my new post and hope you are all well! Today I would like to discuss a rising topic and hope you can expand your knowledge a little.

Roman Quarter This walk with a duration of around 1 hour starts at the "Roman Quarter", the museum in Petronell-Carnuntu

Yesterday we were in Petronell and walked around to see the remains of the ancient Roman city Carnuntum which was once in this area. This report was published via Actifit app (Android | iOS). Check out

Petals and Ides blossomed ides togas and sheaves senators, sentries friends turned foe daggers hidden deep within pleated indigo folds a Caesar immortalized with a pringtemps folio flip karmic debt marched

There are people who have a swimming pool in their garden. There are people who have dwarfs in their garden. And there are people who have a 1,700 years old tower built by the ancient Romans in their garden.

Today I review Aggressors: Ancient Rome, a historical 4X strategy game that throws us into the tense and trying region of the ancient Mediterranean, circa the Roman pre-Empire. It's a super solid indie

Today I learned that criminals in ancient Rome sometimes participated in very realistic entertainment: forced them to play in front of an audience, and when the character died - they really died. For example,

By Marcus Tullius Cicero Source: quotefancy.com

Maximus Decimus Meridius source: pixabay Salve! If you’ve seen the movie Gladiator it’s hard not to love this character. The great thing is, and as it turns out, he’s not a real historical figure but a

On Branko Milanovic’s recommendation, I read Aldo Schiavone’s The End of the Past. Scholarly and elegantly written, it provides one of the best imaginative reconstructions of the ancient Roman economy.

Have you ever heard the saying "history repeats itself?" Just kidding, I'm not going to start this post with a stupid ass unoriginal attention grabber that actually grabs nobody's attention.