Ancient History Resources

The transition from the Roman Republic to the Early Roman Empire (or the Early Principate) indicates a fascinating shift in policy and a marked point of development in Roman history. ...

Scholarship on the early Roman Republic isn`t hugely accessible or abundant when it comes to what a secondary-school teacher needs to make complex history accessible to teenagers, and...

Anastasia 15th November 2020 Who was Rome s most dangerous enemy, and why? To answer the question, Who was Rome s most dangerous enemy, and why? we must work backwards by fi...

Racism in America began in Northern American shores during the 17 th century. Racism wasinitiated by the European who wanted to subdue and conquer land within Northern America. TheEur...

The idea of the historical relief as the predominant form of monumental imperial art is, in and of itself, something of a misnomer. Twentieth Century scholarship identified t...

How important is the idea of legality to the careers and the deaths of the Gracchi? The difference between a legal action and an illegal action within the Roman world, particularl...

What caused the decline of Spartan power until 362BCE?All dates are BCE unless specifiedSparta was one of the most powerful Greek city states, admired by her contemporaries ...

The opening sequence of the Aeneid is a multi-symbolic, symmetrical and programmatic introduction into many of the key themes of the whole poem. Whilst the debate surrounding the deli...

Feasting is an institution which is near-universal amongst human societies, although the roles that it plays within a given societies, and the precise details of the rituals, actions,...

Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Acheamenid Empire from ~515 to 330 BC. It is about 43 miles northeast of the city of Shiraz in modern day Iran. It was founded by Darius th...