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Summer holidays haven't changed much since ancient Greece and Rome (except maybe the sand wrestling)This is also how the Roman emperor Julian spent his summers in the 4th century CE. Towards the end of 357 CE, Julian wrote a letter to his friend Evagrius, telling him how he spent his holidays at ...
Told in two parts, it is the story of Emperor Julian and his failed attempt to abolish Christianity in the Roman Empire. Show more Henrik Ibsen's epic two-part stage play was versioned by Ben ...
A piece of heaven An important part of this strategy involved religion. The Emperor of Rome was already the most powerful man on earth, but this wasn’t enough. Augustus wanted a piece of heaven ...
What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was ...
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