Ancient Greece and Rome

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The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 AD, Oil on Canvas, Robert Hubert, 1785. In the Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux; Le Havre, France.
The Great Fire of Rome
The Emperor Augustus Rebuking Cornelius Cinna for his treachery
Remembering Roman Emperor Augustus
A painting of the Rubicon scene from the mid-nineteenth century: Gustave Boulanger, Jules-César arrivé au Rubicon.
Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
Attica
A History of Athens Beyond Decline
Emperor Nero
The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response
Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE.
The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response
The Course of Empire: Destruction, Painted by Thomas Cole, depicts a highly dramatic, catastrophic image of Rome's end.
Political Economy in the Late Roman Empire
The so-called "Elgin Marbles," on display in the British Museum
Classics and the Alt-Right Conundrum
Alt-right protestors in Berkley, CA in 2017.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient Greeks Met in Charlottesville
Greek amphora, or jug, from c. 540 BCE showing two hoplite phalanxes engaged in combat. Hoplites were the heavy infantry who formed the backbone of most Greek armies in the Classical Age.
A Fragmented History of Ancient Generalship
Football player Takeo Spikes compared the violence of football to the Roman coliseum.
Savage Gladiators vs. Civilized Amateurs: Rome and Athens in American Sports Culture
The Prima Porta Statue shows a powerful and youthful Augustus making an address
Celebrating Roman Emperor Augustus
Cover of Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell
Rome's Wondrous Rivers
Ivan Aivazovsky, a Native of Feodosia, Crimea, is known as one of Russia's greatest painters, and one of the world's best at seascapes. The Battle of Sinop (Russian and Turkish Navies), 1853
Top Ten Origins: Stories from Crimea
Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, by Brown, Peter Book Cover.
What to Do About the Money?
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin Book Cover
Byzantium for Dummies
Cover of Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend by Richard Stoneman.
Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend
Cover of Caesar A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke.
A Man for All Seasons
Cover of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina.
The End of the World as They Knew It
Cover of Song of Wrath The Peloponnesian War Begins by J. E. Lendon.
A Time For War
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.
Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero
Sacking of Rome.
Bush’s Road Leads Back to Rome’s Empire
Sébastien Slodtz's statue of Hannibal Barca.
On the Verge of War, Look Before You Leap