This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University of… Read more Why Does Rome Look the Way it Does? The City’s Layout throughout Time
Category: Life in Rome
Women and sacrificia publica in the Roman Republic
This month’s post has been written by Sophie Chavarria, a second-year PhD student in Classics and Archaeology at the University… Read more Women and sacrificia publica in the Roman Republic
The painful art of being a Roman woman
This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, a M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University… Read more The painful art of being a Roman woman
Misconceptions of Roman Slavery
This month’s post has been written by Harrison Kavanagh, a M.A. student in Ancient History at the University of Kent.… Read more Misconceptions of Roman Slavery
Roman Weights and Measures
This month’s post is by PhD student Philip Smither. How many apples do you get in a lb? Four small… Read more Roman Weights and Measures
Trajan’s Column: then and now
This month’s blog post is by Hayley Bradley, a postgraduate alumnus of the University of Kent. She is about to… Read more Trajan’s Column: then and now
A Father’s Advice – Cicero De Officiis (On Duties)
This month, Ray Laurence reflects on how concepts of age by key Roman writers feature in Latin texts and how… Read more A Father’s Advice – Cicero De Officiis (On Duties)
The Statue of Isis that Talks
This month’s blog has been written by Freya Burford, a postgraduate student who studied at Kent’s Rome Centre earlier in… Read more The Statue of Isis that Talks
The Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus: Restoration and Politics under Augustus
This month’s blog by Mark Crittenden, a Kent postgraduate, explores the politics of the Augustan Age and questions whether we… Read more The Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus: Restoration and Politics under Augustus
Animating A Day in the Life of a Roman Client
The film A Day in the Life of a Roman Client has just been released on YouTube, we reproduce below… Read more Animating A Day in the Life of a Roman Client
The Horologium Augusti, or when a sundial is not a sundial
The month’s blog is brought to you by Jade Coates. Jade is a postgraduate student studying at the University of Kent… Read more The Horologium Augusti, or when a sundial is not a sundial
Paris and Rome – Napoleon and Classical Antiquity
This month Dr Diana Rowell, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent, reveals how Paris and Rome contain… Read more Paris and Rome – Napoleon and Classical Antiquity
Dressmaking the Roman way
Four Sisters in Ancient Rome includes reference to the making of textiles, in this month’s blog Dr Mary Harlow (University… Read more Dressmaking the Roman way
Baiae: Oysters, Odysseus, and Nero murders his mother
Baiae was a watchword for luxury and pleasure in antiquity, as well as a place to visit for cures in… Read more Baiae: Oysters, Odysseus, and Nero murders his mother
Ancient statues show their true colours
In the film A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome, the Secundus boys take a trip to the Forum… Read more Ancient statues show their true colours
Lucius is on holiday, but here is a rap by Bregans on the subject of slavery
Many will know Bregans as a British slave in the Cambridge Latin Course. Year 8 students, Tahirah, Sadia and Imah,… Read more Lucius is on holiday, but here is a rap by Bregans on the subject of slavery
Why were new born children left to die in ancient Rome?
The question as to why parents might expose a new-born child has perplexed people living in the 20th and 21st… Read more Why were new born children left to die in ancient Rome?
Ides of May AD 73: the Vestals, the Tiber and the Bridge
This month’s blog is by Catherine Hoggarth – through the eyes of Lucius – we view the Tiber and its… Read more Ides of May AD 73: the Vestals, the Tiber and the Bridge
Celebrating Rome’s Birthday
Celebrating Rome’s Birthday The 21st April was identified as the birthday of Rome (a dies natalis for the city) as… Read more Celebrating Rome’s Birthday
Life of a Foreigner in Ancient Rome
Introduction – Ancient Rome had through much of its history an incredibly diverse population. At the point in which the… Read more Life of a Foreigner in Ancient Rome
Visiting the Baths in Ancient Rome
For Lucius and his family — just like for most Romans — a trip to the baths was an essential… Read more Visiting the Baths in Ancient Rome
Betrothal and Childhood in Ancient Rome
‘Let me be read by a girl who warms to her betrothed’ (Ovid Amores 2.1.5). The Lucius films have a… Read more Betrothal and Childhood in Ancient Rome
Life of a Slave in Ancient Rome: Part 2
Part 2 of Life of a Slave in Ancient Rome continues to expand our understanding of this large group of… Read more Life of a Slave in Ancient Rome: Part 2
Life of a Slave in Ancient Rome: Part 1
In the story of The Four Sisters in Ancient Rome, the slaves of the house of Lucius Domitius Ahenobardus were… Read more Life of a Slave in Ancient Rome: Part 1
Childhood in Ancient Rome
In the two stories, Four Sisters in Ancient Rome and A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome, we have… Read more Childhood in Ancient Rome