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This June Day in Ancient History - JUNE 17 Created: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013
Festival days in Ancient Rome and Greece in the month of June
Curse Tablets - Revenge on the Roman Bath House Thieves Created: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013
Theft was a problem in Roman bath houses, so slaves watched bathers property and curse tablets punished those who stole.
Caesar's Gallic War - The Battles Created: Friday, June 22, 2007 Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013
A list of the battles of Caesar's Gallic War noting the winners, losers, and years of the engagement.
Amicitia Created: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013
A glossary entry on the political term amicitia.
Celtic Gods and Goddesses Created: Friday, January 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
A list of major Celtic gods and goddesses.
Josephus Explains the Long, Bloody Siege of Jotapata Created: Saturday, June 01, 2013 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Read the first person account by Josephus of Vespasian's 67 A.D. siege of Jotapata.
How the Romans Voted in the Roman Republic Created: Thursday, May 26, 2011 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Being eligible to vote in a Roman election did not guarantee that your vote counted for as much as the guy at the next voting enclosure. Voting was still a new institution with various kinks to iro...
Introduction to the Agricola by Tacitus Created: Saturday, October 23, 2010 Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013
An Oxford introduction to the Agricola by Tacitus.
Velleius Paterculus Created: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian whose history covers from the end of the seige of Troy to the death of Livia in A.D. 29.
63-62 B.C. - Cato, Cicero, and the Conspiracy of Catiline Created: Saturday, July 30, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Conspiracy of Catiline consisted of men unhappy with the current state of affairs who were willing to take arms against the Roman Republic. Cato and Cicero approved execution of the traitors.
Cicero Timeline Created: Sunday, January 03, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Timeline of events in the life of Cicero.
Pater Patriae Created: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
pater patriae father of the country
Cicero Quotes Created: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Quotations by Marcus Tullius Cicero.
St. Athanasius Created: Monday, October 06, 2003 Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Read about the sainted Athanasius of Alexandria.
Mount Vesuvius Created: Saturday, November 18, 2006 Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013
Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano in Campania, near Naples, Italy, whose eruption in A.D. 79 destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Visual Imperial Timeline - Order of the Fourth Century Roman Emperors Created: Thursday, September 22, 2005 Updated: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Order of the Fourth Century Roman Emperors. Imperial Timeline showing the order of the roman emperors from Maximian through Theodosius, Arcadius and Honorius.
Constantinople Created: Friday, May 23, 2008 Updated: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Constantine the Great - The Roman Emperor Constantine I Created: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Updated: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Constantine the Great of Constantine I was the first Christian emperor of the the Roman Empire.
The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea Created: Saturday, January 03, 2004 Updated: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Arius, the heresy named Arian after him, the controversy and adoption of the Nicene Creed at the Council at Nicea, and the changing reactions to the Arian heresy.
This July Day in Ancient History - Festival Days on the July Calendar Created: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Updated: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Festival days in Ancient Rome and Greece in the month of July
Myth vs. Fact - Were All Ancient Greeks Required to Vote? Created: Friday, October 06, 2006 Updated: Friday, June 07, 2013
The political comparisons between the U.S. and the Classical World, are not limited to Republican Rome. Many look to the birthplace of democracy for molds in which to try to shove American politics...
Passages on Aurelian Created: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Three ancient passages assessing the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian.
Aurelian - Roman Emperor Created: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 Updated: Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Aurelian, Roman Emperor after Claudius II Gothicus, was an Illyrian soldier emperor.
Alexander Severus - Roman Emperor Created: Saturday, April 09, 2005 Updated: Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Alexander Severus
Ancient Queens Created: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Here are some of the most famous ancient queens in ancient history.
Republican Rome Elections Quiz I Created: Monday, June 03, 2013 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Quiz on specific elements of Republican Roman elections with a mythological question thrown in to keep things interesting.
Olympics Sports Illustrated Created: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
A photo essay highlighting ancient Olympic events and athletes through ancient art.
101 on the Ancient Olympic Games Created: Sunday, July 25, 2004 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Learn more about the Olympic games with this profile (1) showing that the games were religious events honoring Zeus at Olympia, which, over time, became more strictly athletic competitions, (2) exp...
Black Figure Created: Saturday, January 31, 2004 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Black Figure vases. Ancient Greek pottery decorated in the Black Figure style.
Cheating During the Ancient Olympics Created: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Here are some instances of cheating during the ancient olympics, based on the testimony of the second century A.D travel writer Pausanias.
Athletic Pictures on Greek Pottery Created: Saturday, March 22, 2008 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Athletic Pictures on Greek Pottery
Etruscan Boxing Amphora - Black Figure Created: Thursday, March 20, 2008 Updated: Monday, June 03, 2013
Etruscan Boxing. Black-figured amphora. Etruscan, about 510-500 B.C. Found at Vulci, Italy. At the British Museum.

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