【 collation 】 Rome now piled victory upon victory all across Italy as one by one her neighbours fell to the legions. Rome's rise was gathering momentum, and by now seemed unstoppable. But she suff...
【collation】 The next night, when he knew Lucretia's husband was away, King Tarquin's son crept back to her house alone. With a knife at her throat, he raped her, and swore that if she breathed a w...
【 collation 】 The census didn’t create equality or democracy. Rome remained a society governed by kings and nobles. Women had few rights. But it created a level of organization unheard of in the...
【 collation 】 As it approached the 5th century BC, Rome was emerging from its legendary past into the real world of recorded history. It was now a thriving province of the Etruscan world ruled by...
【 collation 】 The story about Romulus killing his twin brother, at the moment of the founding of the city is a very old story. It is very very remarkable that in the late Republic, the Romans were...
【 collation 】 Livy set out to write a brief history of early Rome, celebrating its glories and virtues, propaganda for the reforms of Augustus. What he had to go on were stories handed down over t...
