Visiting Contributor – The Roman Empire

Roman Libraries

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:46:58 +0000

by Javier Rodriguez The intellectual prestige of the Greek world was consolidated through the Hellenistic libraries, mainly the library of Alexandria and the one of Pergamum. The first became the greatest ...

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Legionary Helmets of the Roman Period

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:04:01 +0000

by Iain Dickson, ‘Melvadius Macrinus Cugerni’ Sculptural Evidence Many sculptures have been found showing the Roman army in operation as well as individual memorial monuments to Roman soldiers. The workmanship on ...

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Election To The Offices Of The Magistrates, The Entry To The Senate

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:39:25 +0000

by ‘Q. Aurelius Symmachus’ This treatment of the offices of the magistrates as the entry path to the Senate will deal with that period of time, The Republic, when the ...

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The Re-Conquest of Africa (AD 533)

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:36:40 +0000

by Gary Julian It is as if there is a “code of silence” among Historians in general, and Military Historians in particular, on the career of Count Belisarius of the Eastern ...

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The Vandals, an infamous Germanic tribe that sacked Rome

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:27:39 +0000

by Brian Adam (‘Gaiseric’) It’s not known to many people today that a long time ago, the Vandal warriors, a Germanic tribe, once established a kingdom in North Africa as their ...

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The Standards of Care & the Lex Aquilia Roman Laws

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:21:56 +0000

by Andrew Mason In Ancient Rome the only acts recognized as criminal were “exceptional invasions of public security or of the general order of society.” As such, Roman ‘criminal law’ would ...

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The Alliance between Marcus Antoninus and Cleopatra VII

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:16:39 +0000

by Andrew Mason What was the basis for the alliance behind those two great personalities of antiquity, Marcus Antoninus (Antony) and Cleopatra VII? What drew them together and what were ...

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Lucius Junius Brutus

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:12:11 +0000

Life: ? – c. 509 BC Founder of the Republicby ‘Andraeus Papadopolus Dacicus Maximus’ According to Roman traditional history, Brutus was the most important personality of the patrician “revolution” which ...

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Marcus Furius Camillus

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:03:48 +0000

Life: c. 446 – 365 BC “alter conditor Romae” by ‘Andraeus Papadopolus Dacicus Maximus’ Overview M. Furius Camillus was the most illustrious member of the family of Furia and is ...

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List of Roman Consuls by Year

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:50:37 +0000

Who Was Consul When by ‘Andraeus Papadopolus Dacicus Maximus‘ Note: the Roman numerals behind the names indicate how many times the specific individual has been in office. Note II: consuls ...

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The Persian Wars of Heraclius

Visiting Contributor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:18:16 +0000

by Kurs In this article, I will try to throw some light on the Persian campaigns of the emperor Heraclius (who reigned AD 610 – 641), which in most historical ...

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Aurelian’s Campaign in the East

Visiting Contributor — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:10:52 +0000

AD 272/273 by ‘Emperor Aurelianus’ Background to the Conflict The conflict between Zenobia of Palmyra and Aurelian took place for the most part in 272ad, in the second year of ...

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To what extent were economic factors to blame for the deterioration of the Roman Empire in the Third Century A.D?

Visiting Contributor — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 23:51:46 +0000

by Julian Fenner For centuries, historians have tried to understand the causes of the decline of the Roman Empire, in particular the causes of the third century crisis. The fact that ...

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