Potentially Interesting Roman History
12 articles

The second part of the Life of Marcus Aurelius, with a complete reader's guide to the text.
May 23, 2025

What's so special about the Palatine Hill? How do we understand the sprawling ruins there?
May 21, 2025

A tour through the overlooked corners of the Roman world and the people who governed them.
May 19, 2025

Was Nero actually as mad as we are led to believe, or is it the result of propaganda?
May 14, 2025

The emperor who never drew a sword. How Antoninus Pius built Rome's golden age through restraint.
May 9, 2025

Augustus was consul at 19. The minimum age was 43. Here's how the age rules worked.
May 7, 2025

They both have distinctive headwear, are both sworn to chastity, and spend their lives doing religious things.
May 5, 2025

The life of Lucius Aelius Caesar, adopted son of Hadrian and father of Lucius Verus.
May 2, 2025

The latest dispatch from the streets, kitchens, and bathhouses of the ancient world.
Apr 30, 2025

A deeper look at the imperial residences that defined the word palace for all of Western civilisation.
Apr 28, 2025

The engineering marvel that connected an empire and changed the way humanity thought about distance.
Apr 25, 2025

How the greatest political system the ancient world had known tore itself apart in a generation.
Apr 21, 2025