This is the third in a series of blogs about notable women of the Roman republic. Veturia, sometimes also known as Volumnia, was the mother of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. She single-handedly saved Rome from imminent destruction. Quotations are from Plutarch’s Life of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. Veturia, a patrician woman, was widowed soon […]
Women of the Roman Republic: Cloelia
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is the second in a series of blogs that will tell the stories of women who were notable in the history of the Roman Republic. In our first blog we saw that the expulsion of the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Supurbus, or Tarquin the Proud, was precipitated by the violation of the virtuous […]
Book Review: The Sword of Carthage by Vaughn Heppner
June 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Sword of Carthage The Sword of Carthage, by Vaughn Heppner, tells a tale of the first Punic war through the eyes of Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal. In writing The Death of Carthage, my novel of the second and third Punic wars, I naturally tried to learn all I could […]
Famous Women of the Roman Republic: Lucretia
June 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
Women of Ancient Rome This is the first in a series of blogs about women of ancient Rome. All of the societies of the ancient world were male dominated. In no society was a woman routinely allowed to vote, hold public office, plead law cases or lead military forces. (A rare exception […]
The Sack of Carthage by Geoffrey Lehman
June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Sack of Carthage by Geoffrey Lehmann From book: A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems Used by permission of the poet. Screams, laughter, smoke, rapine at noon Nightmare by day, figures from night we roamed Bloody and light-headed through spectral sunlight, Burning the corpse of Carthage. But then we saw them. Sacking […]
Panem and Rome. The Influence of Ancient Rome on The Hunger Games
May 29, 2012 By 9 Comments
The Influence of Ancient Rome on The Hunger Games The Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins is notable for concepts that can be traced back to ancient Rome. What are the similarities and differences between the Roman arena and the arena depicted in The Hunger Games? What are the similarities and differences between […]
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