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Roberto the Roman welcoming the traveler to bustling Rome(Massimo Todaro /Adobe Stock) — 25 Sep 2023

Strolling Through Augustan Rome With Roberto The Roman

By Robert Garland

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Like many ancient cities, and some modern, Augustan Rome was a combination of public magnificence and private squalor. There were the temples, the aqueducts, the basilicas, and other grandiose public buildings, and there were the seedy back...
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Roberto the Roman welcoming the traveler to bustling Rome(Massimo Todaro /Adobe Stock) — 25 Sep 2023

Strolling Through Augustan Rome With Roberto The Roman

By Robert Garland

History & Tradition

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Like many ancient cities, and some modern, Augustan Rome was a combination of public magnificence and private squalor. There were the temples, the aqueducts, the basilicas, and other grandiose public buildings, and there were the seedy back...
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Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia with his daughter Julia present by Angelica Kauffmann (1788) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 20 Sep 2023

How To Empress: First Imperial Women Of Rome

By MartiniF

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Although the Julian Dynasty of ancient Rome has delivered many examples of powerful and ambitious imperial women, not all of them were meant to become an empress. The reign of Emperor Augustus alone offered three potential empresses of Rome, four...
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Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia with his daughter Julia present by Angelica Kauffmann (1788) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 20 Sep 2023

How To Empress: First Imperial Women Of Rome

By MartiniF

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Although the Julian Dynasty of ancient Rome has delivered many examples of powerful and ambitious imperial women, not all of them were meant to become an empress. The reign of Emperor Augustus alone offered three potential empresses of Rome, four...
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Portrait of the Royal Tudors. At left, Henry VII, with Prince Arthur behind him, then Prince Henry (later Henry VIII), and Prince Edmund, who did not survive early childhood. To the right is Elizabeth of York, with Princess Margaret, then Princess Elizabeth who didn't survive childhood, Princess Mary, and Princess Katherine, who died shortly after her birth. (Public Domain) — 13 Sep 2023

The Other Arthur Of England: Pendragon Or Tudor?

By Gareth Streeter

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For over 300 years, and probably more besides, the fabled figure of King Arthur had set the standard for English kings to follow. The victorious son of Uther Pendragon was, in the words of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the conqueror that ‘no country...
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Portrait of the Royal Tudors. At left, Henry VII, with Prince Arthur behind him, then Prince Henry (later Henry VIII), and Prince Edmund, who did not survive early childhood. To the right is Elizabeth of York, with Princess Margaret, then Princess Elizabeth who didn't survive childhood, Princess Mary, and Princess Katherine, who died shortly after her birth. (Public Domain) — 13 Sep 2023

The Other Arthur Of England: Pendragon Or Tudor?

By Gareth Streeter

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For over 300 years, and probably more besides, the fabled figure of King Arthur had set the standard for English kings to follow. The victorious son of Uther Pendragon was, in the words of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the conqueror that ‘no country...
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Roman Street Scene by Ettore Forti (late 19th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Sep 2023

Matrons, Plebeians And Prostitutes, The Women Of Ancient Rome

By Lynda Telford

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Rome was the very essence of a male dominated society, being militaristic, proud, go-getting and determined on expansion. The man of the house, the Paterfamilias, was the head of the family with absolute control over his wife and children, and in...
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Roman Street Scene by Ettore Forti (late 19th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Sep 2023

Matrons, Plebeians And Prostitutes, The Women Of Ancient Rome

By Lynda Telford

History & Tradition

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Rome was the very essence of a male dominated society, being militaristic, proud, go-getting and determined on expansion. The man of the house, the Paterfamilias, was the head of the family with absolute control over his wife and children, and in...
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An illustration of Christine de Pizan writing in her study, from The Book of the Queen (Harley MS 4431, f. 4r) (Image source: The British Library/ Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2023

Women’s Wills From Anglo-Saxon Times To Post War Feminists

By Viki Holton

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Since ancient times, wills and inheritance have a long, recorded history and Britain is no different. A history of a thousand years of the wills of women offer a rare but rich glimpse into their often otherwise secluded and unreported lives....
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An illustration of Christine de Pizan writing in her study, from The Book of the Queen (Harley MS 4431, f. 4r) (Image source: The British Library/ Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2023

Women’s Wills From Anglo-Saxon Times To Post War Feminists

By Viki Holton

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Since ancient times, wills and inheritance have a long, recorded history and Britain is no different. A history of a thousand years of the wills of women offer a rare but rich glimpse into their often otherwise secluded and unreported lives....
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