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Jan 29, 2021 · If ancient historians are to be believed, then Roman emperor Elagabalus was even more scandalous than Caligula. However, there is some dispute among modern historians on which of the...
The Bacchanalia, a secret cult of wild parties and debauchery, had spread its roots deep into the city’s fabric. As whispers of scandals and moral decay reached the ears of the Consuls, they were forced to confront the very essence of Roman values.
Mar 2, 2023 · Of all the scandalous women who violated Roman gender roles, Messalina has come down through history as the most scandalous of all. (Blood and betrayal turned Rome from republic to empire.)...
An ancient Roman curse tablet found in London (via British Museum) Many of these curses were explicitly erotic in nature, impotence and sexual misery wished on many a target.
The ancient writers and moralists wrote so much of Roman corruption, because - nearer in this, as in so many other things, to the vivid actuality - they understood that wars, revolutions, the great spectacular events that are accomplished in sight of the world, do not form all the life of peoples; that these occurrences, on the contrary, are ...
Jun 17, 2024 · The present article fills this gap and shows, first, how Cicero creates a public scandal out of Clodia's behaviour as a woman in Roman public life and, second, how this obstructs our assessment of Clodia's activities, as reconstructed from this speech and circumstantial evidence.
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Nov 24, 2020 · The story of Caligula has long been about the corruption of absolute power, murderous madness and sexual perversion, but historian and author Dr Philip Matyszak reveals how the Roman emperor’s reputation is far more seductive than the mundane reality. Published: November 24, 2020 at 11:50 AM.
