Taking personal responsibility. It is a concept the plebs in the modern progressive world fear more than anything else. Yes, they may panic and become hysterical after watching the latest fear-mongering news report (if one may call it as such) from the mainstream media. But taking personal responsibility is what Read more…
Be A Stoic During Times Of Hardship It is in a time of hardship where virtuous men are distinguished and true leaders born. The COVID-19 pandemic – or the perception of it, as portrayed by the mainstream media – has caught the world off-guard. While the plebs panic and fall Read more…
Actors – The Lowest Social Class In Ancient Rome Unlike in the progressive modern world where one can become a part of the high-society and idolized by mindless plebs simply by the merit of being a (famous) actor, the ancient Romans had the exact opposite stance. Actors in the Roman Read more…
Cloelia – The Bravest Of Ancient Roman Women After making peace with Rome and evacuating Roman territory, the Etruscans under Lars Porsena set up a camp on the banks of the river Tiber. With him he had a number of Roman hostages taken as a guarantee of the peace. One Read more…
Lars Porsena And The Legend Of Gaius Mucius Scaevola In 509 BC the Roman monarchy was overthrown, and in 508 BCE the young republic found itself at war with the Etruscan city of Clusium. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the deposed Roman king, had sought help from Lars Porsena, arguing that people Read more…
Prelude To The Jugurthine War, And How To Bribe Yourself Out Of Charges Of Bribery The Roman Republic and its people were of a modest and virtuous stock, despising excess luxuries in favour of adhering to higher moral values that set the Romans apart from most other ancient societies. It was Read more…
Domitian And The Astrologers Emperor Domitian has been depicted by senatorial historians and authors as a cruel and paranoid tyrant. According to Suetonius, Domitian had an intense dislike towards astrologers and soothsayers, as they had predicted his exact date and time of death. Shortly before his assassination he had also Read more…
A Letter From Roman Consuls To King Pyrrhus Of Epirus After the battle of Heraclea (which coined the term Pyrrhic victory) and the battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, a certain Nicias – and friend of king Pyrrhus of Epirus – approached the Roman consul Gaius Fabricius Luscinius, offering to Read more…
Fast Food In Ancient Rome Fast food is not a new invention. It has been around for centuries, and Ancient Rome is no exception. Ancient Roman fast food joints, i.e thermopolia – literally a place where hot stuff is sold -, catered for the urban poor who usually lacked their Read more…
The Most Valuable Possession Of The Ancient Romans Perhaps one of the most virtuous stories of ancient Roman history and mythology is that of Marcus Curtius. According to Roman legend, in 362 BCE a deep chasm opened in the Roman Forum. The Roman people attempted to fill the chasm to Read more…