Traditionally, ancient Rome was founded in 753 BC. It grew into one of the largest empires in the ancient world with roughly 20% of the world’s population and an area of 6.5 million square kilometres at its height.
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke […]
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The shocking news that the icon of Rome’s foundation, a life-size bronze statue of a she-wolf with two human infants suckling her, is about 1,700 years younger than its city hit the headlines this summer.
Scholars had long established that the bronze figures of Romulus and Remus feeding from their adopted wolf mother were added […]
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Welcome to the home of the Roma Nova thrillers, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS and SUCCESSIO. Please look around while you are here.
Nails and horses, a stitch in time, plugging a hole, greasing a cartridge, dropping a letter, not changing the batteries – all tiny things which can spark off heavy consequences. And a great technique for […]
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