Ancient Rome
From the murder of Caesar to the arena and the ash of Pompeii: how Rome lived, ruled and fell.
- rome
- roman empire
- ancient history
Some of the stories included
Marcus Aurelius & the Philosophy of StoicismThe story of Marcus Aurelius, who used Stoic philosophy to rule Rome through plague and war, and wrote his private thoughts in the Meditations.
Julius CaesarThe assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC, and how it led to the end of the Roman Republic he was accused of destroying.
The ColosseumDiscover how the Colosseum was built with war spoils, engineered to empty in minutes, and what the thumbs-down gesture really meant.
SenecaThe Stoic tutor to Emperor Nero, Seneca preached simplicity while amassing a fortune, before his forced suicide in AD 65.
PompeiiThe AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius buried Pompeii, a catastrophe witnessed and recorded by Roman author Pliny the Younger.- The Rise and Fall of the Roman EmpireHow Rome grew from a Republic into a vast empire, and why its western half fell in 476 while the east endured until 1453.
Hannibal Crosses the AlpsIn 218 BC, Hannibal Barca led an army with 37 elephants across the Alps to invade Italy, sparking a 17-year war that brought Rome to the brink of collapse.
Cato the Younger: The Stoic Who Defied CaesarCato the Younger refused to live under Caesar's pardon and chose death at Utica in April 46 BC.
The Rise of AugustusHow a sickly teenager outmaneuvered his rivals, ended a century of civil war, and became Rome's first emperor.
SpartacusSpartacus, the Thracian gladiator who led a slave army against Rome from 73 to 71 BC, and what we can and can't know about him.
CleopatraHow Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, used her wits and alliances to rule, keep her kingdom independent, and challenge the might of Rome.
Boudica, Queen of the IceniBoudica's revolt of AD 60 to 61 burned three Roman towns, and the two Roman writers who tell it disagree on how she died.
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