He assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in depth, lucidity ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

We can gain more insight on our modern problem by turning to ancient Rome for a lesson on how drastically ... also pushed for laws to lower the price of grain for poor Romans, rein in the Senate ...

This is a study of what constituted legality and the role of law in ancient societies. Investigating and comparing legal codes and legal thinking of the ancient societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece ...

19 B.C. Marcus Agrippa, Augustus’s son-in-law, oversees the building of the ... better known for another great pioneering structure of ancient Rome: the Appian Way, one of the first major ...