The Life of Antoninus Pius

I have been thinking about salt. It was Saint Matthew's fault. (I've been reading the Bible again.) "Ye are the salt of the ear...

I accidentally picked up a book called Cartimandua , and pretty soon regretted it. The History Press should be ashamed of themselves. "...

Easter (as previously in this blog) calls for a biblical theme. As I have been thinking about Roman coins recently, what better theme to ch...

The Greeks have landed at Glasgow's Burrell Collection , so I made the journey (from Lanuvium, of course) to pay my respects. First off,...

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I couldn't let October slip by without mentioning my illustrious forebear's exhibition at the British Museum in London. Hadrian: Em...

So, the tomb of Marcus Nonius Macrinus has been found at Saxa Rubra, north of Rome. This is the man hailed as the inspiration for the chara...

Beautiful, isn't she? A larger-than-lifesize bust of the empress Faustina , wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius, has just come to light d...

While the UK press has understandably trumpeted the Antonine Wall's success in achieving World Heritage Status (reports appeared, for ex...

Wall gains World Heritage Status Today, the BBC reported the good news: "An ancient fortified wall which formed the north-west frontie...