The Madness of King Donald
Publisher: New Republic
Author: Jacob Bacharach
The president poses a problem that has vexed royal courts for millennia: What to do about a tyrant who has lost his wits?
Royal Shakespeare Company to stage Robert Harris's Cicero trilogy
Publisher: the Guardian
Author: Maev Kennedy
Described by director as ‘Rome meets the West Wing’, six-play adaption will be grand finale of the company’s Rome season
An Innovator at the Vatican
Publisher: WSJ
Author: Francis X. Rocca
The Vatican Museums’ new director aims to focus on conservation, restoration and crowd control
Roman amphitheatre in Verona to be protected by a giant retractable cover
Publisher: The Telegraph
Author: Nick Squires
A Roman amphitheatre in the Italian city of Verona is to be covered with a giant tarpaulin to protect opera goers – and the ancient monument itself - from bad weather.
How an obscure oriental cult converted a vast, pagan Roman empire
Publisher: Aeon
Author: Michael Kulikowski
The spread of Christianity from being an obscure cult to being a dominant religion in the Western world.
To understand Trump, we should look to the tyrants of ancient Rome
Publisher: The Guardian
Author: Jonathan Jones
His disdain for the norms of democracy makes it hard to understand the US President – but he has precedents in emperors such as Commodus, Nero and Tiberius
The truth is in the garbage: New research examines ancient Roman trash
Publisher: USA TODAY
Author: Traci Watson
Researchers say that important clues to ancient Roman life can be found in the trash buried in ash at the foot of Mount Vesuvius
Guilt-stricken tourist sends stolen cobblestone back to Rome with a note asking for forgiveness
Publisher: The Telegraph
Author: Nick Squires
A guilt-stricken tourist has returned a cobblestone that they stole to Rome, offering an apology to the city.
Giant mausoleum in Rome that held the remains of the emperor Augustus to be restored after decades of neglect
Publisher: The Telegraph
Author: Nick Squires
After decades of shameful neglect, the biggest mausoleum ever to be built by the ancient Romans is to be brought alive with a spectacular multimedia experience projected onto its 2,000-year-old walls.
The Roman Empire Between Hadrian’s Wall and Constantine’s Cross
Publisher: WSJ
Author: Adrian Goldsworthy
Adrian Goldsworthy reviews “The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World From Hadrian to Constantine” by Michael Kulikowski.