Rome Archive
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The Fall and Decline of the Roman Urban Mind
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsIn this chapter we argue that, in spite of the fascination with Rome as the caput mundi -
The Lecherous Pseudo-Anubis of Josephus and the
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsWhile a variety of sources testify to the expulsion of foreign priests from Rome under Tiberius, Josephus is the only ancient author to explain the Emperor -
A Healing Touch for Empire: Vespasian’s Wonders in Domitianic Rome
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsThe development of the story of Vespasian -
Did Peter Go to Rome in AD 42?
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No CommentsDirect evidence for Peter's movements after the death of Stephen are scanty: we find him at Samaria, and (initiating the first Gentile mission) at Caesarea and at other places in Palestine. During Agrippa's reign (41-44) he escaped from Jerusalem and fled Agrippa's territory. -
From periphery to centre: pagan continuity and revival in Britain and Rome during the late fourth century AD
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsThe term 'cult acts' has also been posited as a mare apt description of Roman religious practice, and this certainly does account for the panoply of practices of a religious nature that existed in the Roman world; differences in culture, class, geography and ancestry led individuals to seek religious affiliatians unique to themselves -
Ancient Roman harbour discovered
Posted on December 13, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeologists have discovered one of the harbours which brought wheat and other important goods into the ancient city of Rome. -
Flavian Visual Propaganda : Building a Dynasty
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn addition to demonstrating the application of the three themes in these instances, I would like to draw particular attention to the interrelation of the following: the misunderstood significance of the Temple of Isis in the Flavian triumph; the refiguring of Nero -
The Disposal of Human Waste: A comparison between Ancient Rome and Medieval London
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsThis essay examines the waste disposal options used in Ancient Rome and Medieval London, two cities that dealt with sewage in different ways. -
Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsDespite this relative wealth of sources, their combined evidence does not allow of a clear explanation as to why exactly Tiberius expelled the Jews from Rome in AD 19. Although they preserve broadly similar accounts of the circumstances surrounding this expulsion, they differ among themselves in several points of detail and interpretation. -
Pliny, Nero, and the ‘Emerald’
Posted on September 28, 2012 | No CommentsOne notes here that Pliny does not actually explain why Nero should have preferred to watch the games in this way. The temptation is to assume that he must have been suffering from some sort of eye-condition, whether temporary or permanent, which he thought that he could relieve in this way, not least because the colour green was believed to be soothing to the eyes.
