Battle of Actium (www.trustpast.net)
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Italy’s government approves reform boosting prime minister’s powers (www.politico.eu)
The proposal from the Meloni administration still has to be approved by parliament.
Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
Strange Tale How The Liberty Cap Mushroom Got Its Name Starts In Ancient Rome - Ancient Pages (www.ancientpages.com)
How on earth did an obscure Roman social practice end up lending its name to a modern psychedelic? The answer takes us through an assassination, a number of revolutions, a bit of poetry, a dash of xenophobia, and a very unusual scientific discovery.
The Ancient Roman mystery cult that set the stage for Christianity - and then was eradicated by it - Mithraism (en.wikipedia.org)
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) Mithra, the Roman Mithras is linked to a new and distinctive imagery, with the level of continuity between Persian and...
The first woman to burn down London - Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, defeated over 70,000 Roman troops and almost drove Nero from Britain (en.wikipedia.org)
In 60/61, Boudica led the Iceni and other British tribes in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum (modern Colchester), earlier the capital of the Trinovantes, but at that time a colonia for discharged Roman soldiers. Upon hearing of the revolt, the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus hurried from the island of Mona (modern...
Emperor Nero’s lost theatre found under site of hotel in Rome (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists hail ‘exceptional finds’ at venue whose existence was previously known only from mentions in ancient texts
Stone head found in Lake Nemi may be from Caligula’s Nemi ships (www.heritagedaily.com)
A stone head found at the bottom of Lake Nemi in Italy’s Lazio region may be from Caligula’s Nemi ships.
In honor of the recent mercenary excursions of Russia....
Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed (m.jpost.com)
Accounts, embellished by William Shakespeare, tell how the Roman dictator was stabbed to death by a group of aggrieved senators on the Ides of March - March 15 - in 44 BC.
