David Blixt is a Shakespearian actor, playwright and author. I have never seen any of his plays, but if his novel, The Master of Verona, is any indication of his literary abilities, I would wager that his plays give the Bard of Avon a run for his money. The Lord of Verona is enthralling from […]
Book Review: The Party is Over by Mike Lofgren
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means and under what system of polity the Romans in less than fifty-three years have succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government, a thing unique in history? Or who again is there so passionately devoted […]
Notable Woman of the Roman Republic: Livia, the Wife of Caesar Augustus
August 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Caesar Augustus’ wife Livia Drusilla was born in 58 BC during the closing years of the Roman Republic. Her father was Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, who was born Appius Claudius Pulcher but was adopted as an infant by Marcus Livius Drusus. Rome, during Livia’s early years was marked by constant tumult and civil war. […]
Notable Women of the Roman Republic: Hortensia
August 7, 2012 By 6 Comments
Hortensia was the daughter of Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, 114 BC to 56 BC. Hortensius was regarded by many as the best legal advocate and orator of his day, rivaled only by the great Marcus Tullius Cicero. Hortensia, growing up in her father’s household was well educated and had studied Greek and Roman history, philosophy and […]
Notable Woman of the Roman Republic: Fulvia Flacca Bambula
July 30, 2012 By 9 Comments
In the days of the late Roman republic, it wasn’t wise for a woman to involve herself in politics. (It probably wasn’t wise for a man to involve himself in politics either, but that’s another matter.) Fulvia Flacca Bambula was married to three politically prominent Romans at successive times and she was wielded more […]
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