Negotiatores A slight change in format: it has been brought to my attention that my use of the OCD (namely, the frequent posting of entire articles), still under c Continue Reading →
Laurentum Today’s OCD entry is Laurentum. Laurentum (mod. Tor Paterno), on the Tyrrhenian coast, to the south of Ostia; an imperial villa, much developed in the Continue Reading →
Classes of Rank in the Late Roman Empire (After J.B. Bury.) The three major categories were as follows (in descending order): illustres: heads of the great central ministries; commanders-in-c Continue Reading →
