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If Mary Beard is right, what's happened to the DNA of Africans from Roman Britain?

If Mary Beard is right, what's happened to the DNA of Africans from Roman Britain?

9 August 2017

There are many reasons why a genetic legacy of Africans in Roman Britain might not be present in contemporary populations...

Mary Beard is right – ‘Romans’ could be from anywhere, from Carlisle to Cairo

Mary Beard is right – ‘Romans’ could be from anywhere, from Carlisle to Cairo

7 August 2017

The classics professor’s naysayers refuse to believe ancient civilisations could have been anything but Caucasian, but there is evidence that...

Democracy is a clash not a consensus: why we need the agora

Democracy is a clash not a consensus: why we need the agora

6 August 2017

Democracy, by nature, is a contest between clashing political desires. That is why the public square matters so much

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Roman Britain in Black and White

3 August 2017

I have been in something of a Twitter storm over the past few days, all because of an argument about...

A Kerfuffle About Diversity in the Roman Empire

A Kerfuffle About Diversity in the Roman Empire

1 August 2017

How a children’s cartoon ignited a debate about skin color in Roman Britain, and what it has to do with...

How Ancient Rome Viewed The Deaths Of Antony And Cleopatra

How Ancient Rome Viewed The Deaths Of Antony And Cleopatra

31 July 2017

In order to avoid seeing Octavian take Egypt and avoid capture, Mark Antony and later Cleopatra would take their own...

Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world? – Maria Michela Sassi

Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world? – Maria Michela Sassi | Essays

31 July 2017

The Greek colour experience was made of movement and shimmer. Can we ever glimpse what they saw when gazing out...

A Very Modern Map of Britain's Ancient Roman Roads

A Very Modern Map of Britain's Ancient Roman Roads

31 July 2017

Let's take the VII from Londinium to Letocetum.

New Excavation Will Examine Germany's Legendary

New Excavation Will Examine Germany's Legendary "Founding Battle"

28 July 2017

The dig hopes to find conclusive evidence that Kalkriese is the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest

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Why is Everyone Suddenly Quoting Thucydides?

26 July 2017

Currently, the historian Thucydides is the object of debate among those within the Trump Administration and its critics, who, like...

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