Cupid and Psyche: A romance of mythical proportions
Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, was widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world, mortal or divine. So, you'd think...
The End of Pompeii: The Death and Eventual Resurrection of an Ancient Roman City
On August 24, 79 A.D., a small town in the Roman province of Campania, on the western shore of Italy, was stopped dead in...
The history of the Old Kingdom
It was during the Egyptian Old Kingdom (2613-2181 BC) that the institution of kingship was first consolidated. Out of tribal squabbles in the pre-dynastic...
Ancient Egypt and the United States – Origins & Firsts in History
The ideal that was central to the ancient Egyptian civilization was the concept of Ma`at. The continuance of civilization and social progress rests upon...
What made the Trojan Horse such a success
The Trojan Horse, what a beautifully, masterminded creation of the Greeks. Back in Ancient times the belief in gods was at its ultimate high,...
A Modern Madam – Athens, 440 BC
She heard the whisper from a mouth covered by a palm. Furtive eyes looked over a delicately manicured hand. "Did you know her name...
Romans And Barbarians – Part 3
Sometimes the freedom enjoyed by the hitherto un-Romanized Britons was valued more highly than the supposed benefits of civilization, especially if that civilization was...
Romans And Barbarians – Part 2
Roman literature contains many instances of barbarians being led by their emotions and not considering the consequences of their action. This is presented as...
The Real Cleopatra: Brilliant Queen of Egypt
Upon the assassination of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra made haste back to Egypt, where she poisoned her second brother, Ptolemy XIV, whom she was obligated...
Romans And Barbarians – Part 1
People who had not been actively civilised by the Romans themselves or the Greeks before them were viewed by the Romans as barbarian. The...