We are all familiar with the image of Roman sculptures, statues and remains being cast in bland greys or creams, their original colours worn away by centuries of damage or neglect. But one recent discovery by a researcher at the University of Glasgow has perfectly brought to light how even the ancient Romans used bright… Continue reading
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Swedish archaeologists have uncovered a site that sheds some light on how the Roman Empire may have started to crumble after discovering evidence of a massacre that took place some 1,500 years ago – completely with Roman jewellery and gold denarii. A team of archaelogists have been working at a site at Sandby Borg on… Continue reading
Read more...“Et tu, Brute?” – “You too, Brutus?” – is one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines about one of history’s most notorious moments, a retelling of the events of March 15, 44 B.C., when a group of Roman senators assassinated Julius Caesar as he attended a senate meeting. Readers of Shakespeare will know that these were… Continue reading
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