Gallia est omnis divisa in tres partes. If you have been to grammar school, you will undoubtedly recognize this line as the beginning of Caesar’s Comentarii de Bello Gallico. While it is famously hated by…

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse. It was with this line that the Roman senator Cato the Elder famously ended all of his speeches. With it, he hammered home the message that Rome and Carthage could…

So often when we think about ancient Rome, we tend to think of its glorious history: a world of mighty emperors, illustrious generals, and lofty orators and poets. Add to this that almost all of…

While most people are familiar with the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, with figures like Cicero, Caesar, and Augustus, few people know of the existence of the Roman Kingdom. For over two centuries, from…

The Via Appia, also known as the Appian Way, was one of the oldest and most important Roman roads. It connected the capital city of Rome with the port city of Brundisium in southeast Italy,…

Alcibiades (450-404 BC) is arguably one of the most controversial and fascinating figures in ancient history. The Athenian statesman and general, who was a student and alleged lover of Socrates, almost single-handedly brought Athens to…