The Life of Antoninus Pius

I have been reading a short book called Ancient Warfare. A Very Short Introduction , by Harry Sidebottom . The jacket blurb claims that the ...

An emperor should never admit when he's wrong. But it seems that my knowledge of the Roman frontier (or " limes ") along the m...

It is fitting that the first (albeit belated) post of the New Year should be about doors. The Latin word for door, ianua , gives us our word...

A splendid new Latin inscription was discovered this week at Carberry. The find spot is near the Roman fort of Inveresk, which lay on the so...

This one should really have been called "To boldly go ...", I think. Browsing through the new Antonine Wall Management Plan, I di...

At last! The Antonine Wall -- my wall! -- has been confirmed as the UK's 2008 nomination for World Heritage Site status. And we have mu...

I am an old, grumpy emperor and, often when I read a new book, I am easily irritated. Chiefly, I dislike badly written books. I realise that...

In a previous post , I drew attention to the bizarre theory that the King Arthur of legend was actually a 2nd century Roman officer named Lu...

How bizarre! Utah County's Deseret News web site reports that the Harold B. Lee Library (Brigham Young University) has on display ...

According to National Geographic News , Alexander may not have been so Great after all. New research has shown that changing sea levels and...