Beware the Ides of March

Julius Caesar was brutally assassinated 2056 years ago. The story is well known and there is no point in repeating it all over again. As we cannot undo history, we can at least commemorate the Ides of March properly with a glass of wine or some freshly baked Roman bread. Just like Caesar would have liked. For some Roman bread ideas, see Coquinar...

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Women In Republican Rome (I)

An analysis of women’s roles in the ancient Roman society is unlikely to be done with a high degree of accuracy because of the ambiguity of the sources or the complete lack of information in certain fields. Most of the material we have regarding the participation of women in the important spheres of the Roman society comes from male ancient authors, who filtered the image of women through their own lenses, making it less likely to be concordant...

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Someone Does Not Like Grafitti

stultorum calami carbones moenia chartae  Chalk is the pen of fools, walls (their) paper ...

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History of Carthage: A Timeline - Part I

-814 BCE Foundation of Carthage According to the legend, the queen of Tyre, Elissa, founded the city of Carthage in 814 BCE. The Phoenician city is developing very fast and gradually becomes to dominate the entire coast of Tunisia and North Africa. -535 BCE Etruscan-Carthaginian invasion in Corsica A strategic point for controlling the navigation of the Mediterranean, Corsica attracted the envy of neighbouring civilizations from...

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Martial Epigram 5. 34 Translation - Erotion the Slave Girl

Martial asks the shades of his dead parents to look after his favourite slave-girl in the afterlife. Hanc tibi, Fronto pater, genetrix Flaccilla, puellam     oscula commendo deliciasque meas,paruola ne nigras horrescat Erotion umbras     oraque Tartarei prodigiosa canis.Impletura fuit sextae modo frigora brumae,              5     uixisset...

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