Imperator as Fashionista Ever wonder whence Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, a.k.a. Caracalla, famed for his citizenship edict, a.k.a. the ‘Antonine Constitution’, got his cognomen? Continue Reading →
Rhythmici vs. Metrici vs. Poetae Scholars have a tendency to see themselves in their work. This is why Hellenistic poets were once thought to be proto-Romantics, and later became prot Continue Reading →
Digital Roman Forum I don’t know whether this has been mentioned on this site before (though I’m betting that Sarah at least is already familiar with it)–but this is one Continue Reading →