‘Roland Mayer charts the changing attitudes towards the monuments of ancient Rome and the emotional ... all of which are part of ‘ruinmindedness', the leitmotif of this book.' Rosamond McKitterick - ...

"Finally, someone has written a readable history of the complex subject of Roman Religion. Beard, North and Price, professors from Cambridge, University College London and Oxford respectively, bring a ...

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

The perceived homoeroticism of Gladiator II has caused much comment, but is it really such a distortion of the truth?