If Mary Beard is right, what's happened to the DNA of Africans from Roman Britain?
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
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, by nature, is a contest between clashing political desires. That is why the public square matters so much
Roman Britain in Black and White
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
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
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 | Essays
The Greek colour experience was made of movement and shimmer. Can we ever glimpse what they saw when gazing out...
New Excavation Will Examine Germany's Legendary "Founding Battle"
The dig hopes to find conclusive evidence that Kalkriese is the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
Why is Everyone Suddenly Quoting Thucydides?
Currently, the historian Thucydides is the object of debate among those within the Trump Administration and its critics, who, like...