Boudica's Speeches in Tacitus and Dio
Some recent scholarship has argued that ancient Roman historians inevitably cast foreigners as inferior and thereby justified Roman imperialism and colonialism.
Julio-Claudian empresses
The social framework in which Romans lived has been reexamined in recent years. One important focus, the study of Roman women and family, has emerged.1 Indeed, social historians argue that the roles generally played by wives and mothers are crucial keys to our understanding their value in Roman society.
Why did the Romans fail to conquer Scotland?
Several reasons have been advanced for this failure by Rome. ‘Failure’ implies that it was the Roman intention to conquer the whole island.
Cleopatra: Heroine or Harlot?
Cleopatra: Heroine or Harlot? Derek Shank Labyrinth: An online journal published by the Classical Studies Department of the University of Waterloo, Issue 91…
Can Computerised Terrain Analysis Find Boudica's Last Battlefield?
We have few details of the native response to the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, but one episode entered folklore: the rebellion of an East Anglian queen. Steve Kaye thinks he knows how to narrow down the search for the elusive site of Boudica’s last stand.
A Study of Fulvia
Who was Fulvia? Was she the politically aggressive and dominating wife of Mark Antony as Cicero and Plutarch describe her? Or was she a loyal mother and wife, as Asconius and Appian suggest?