UNRV Ancient Roman Empire History

Empire is Steven Saylor’s highly anticipated follow up to his centuries-spanning historical fiction saga, “Roma”. Both books trace the ancestral evolution of the Pinarii family as they bear witness to the foundation and growth of Rome and its Empire. Roma covered the earliest foundations of Rome through the civil wars, while “Empire” picks up at [...]

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Whats your favourite book in August? Many books are on the table, from Citizens of Discord: Rome and Its Civil Wars , The Roman Empire: Roots Of Imperialism to Public Office in Early Rome: Ritual Procedure and Political Practice, Marcus Aurelius: A Life [Paperback] and many more, see the complete list including our bestselling books [...]

Philip Matyszak asks Adrienne Mayor some questions regarding her recent book “The Poison King” Adrienne Mayor is an independent folklorist/historian of science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Adrienne Mayor is currently a visiting scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University. She is the author of The [...]

The Poison King by Adrienne Mayor Book Review by Philip Matyszak Two thousand years after his death, Mithridates VI of Pontus continues to generate strong feelings, and this will certainly continue to be the case for readers of Adrienne Mayor’s latest book. I have a feeling that readers on this forum will either love it [...]

Two months ago the headline “Roman Gladiator Cemetary Discovered” created some buzz around the world, (here the link in case you missed it.) This news story sparked a fascinating forum discussion, it is one of the best examples of how to have an engaging, passionate discussion without turning it into a flame fest, bravo to [...]

This book comes in a pleasant little format, some 170 pages (plus notes and annexes) which claims to tell us all that is known about the murder of Regilla, a noble lady of ancient Rome, and wife of Herodes Atticus. A tall order indeed but something which promiment scholar Ms Pomeroy would seem be able [...]

English language scholarship tends to overlook Roman provinces – aside, of course, from Roman Britain. Anthony King attempts to partially correct that imbalance in Roman Gaul and Germany. Twenty years old and seemingly out of print, the book is worth an attempt to locate it from used vendors. It offers an interesting look into these [...]

Did you know that Romans believed that goats breathed through their ears? Well, that is just the sort of priceless information you can find locked away in A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities. This is a book that takes a lighthearted romp through Roman history to collect some of the more obscure but colorful bits of [...]

Ray Laurence is a Strategic Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and is co-author of Pompeii: The Living City. In his introduction, Laurence states that while attending lectures and working on his PhD thesis, a professor fostered in him an interest in “the history of pleasure.” Where cultural studies on pleasure exist, they tend [...]

R.S. Gompertz first novel, No Roads Lead to Rome, is now available as an e-book… …for a limited time (offer ends Monday July 05) he is offering it for free to our members!!! If you are interested, visit Smashbooks (free registration at their site) click “add to car”t and then enter the code HY82D (not [...]

How often did you go to a museum or to an archaeological site taking pictures and wished you done a better job in taking those photos/videos. Thanks to producer Peter Melaragno who was so kind to provide us some help you might just take your next pictures with a bit more confidence! A good result [...]

Damn those Zombies! Who among us, I ask, have not suffered at the hands of those miserable undead! Well, our Roman forebears knew how to deal with this scum: with fortitude and steel! You see, when I had first heard of De Bello Lemures, I scoffed. I rarely read fiction – why bother with tales [...]