The Pleiades, Blue Print of the Seven Hills of Rome and Other Sacred Cities
The Roman Origins of Our Modern Calendar - Influenced by Popes, Generals, Emperors and Gods
The most widely used calendar around the world today is called the Gregorian calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in the 16th century CE and was a modification of an ancient Roman calendar called the Julian calendar. Even though it is...
Herodotus, Cato the Censor and Josephus: Understanding the Life and Times of Historians of the Ancient World
For thousands of years, we turned to history to explain the what, why and how an event happened. Although “historian” did not become a professional occupation until the late nineteenth century, the purpose of the investigation and analysis of...
The Rape of Lucretia: A History of the Ancient Wife Who Changed the Destiny of Rome
We would often see her images and, perhaps just as often, forget her name. We see her in many classical paintings as a beautiful yet tragic figure, looking up helplessly towards a figure of a Roman soldier standing over her. However, in 16th cent...
Germanicus and Agrippina: The Golden Couple, Parents of the “Mad” Emperor Caligula
Roman Emperor Caligula fell severely ill six months into his rule. When he recovered, he abandoned the toga for silk gowns and often dressed as a woman. He also declared himself as a living god. Caligula’s illness was widely credited by contemp...
The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: It Started with a Wedding – Part I
Incredibly, the end of the Parthian Empire started with a fake wedding.
Before the wedding took place, a civil war had been raging in Parthia between Vologases VI and his brother Artabanus V. After much warring between the two contesting ...
Stilicho, Alaric, Attila, and the Changing World of the Ancient Roman Empire
In the late fourth century, a man born of a Roman noblewoman and an East-Germanic Vandal father served as a Roman cavalry officer. Stilicho served Rome with distinction by embracing the Empire and all it stood for, and would go on to become the m...
