Essays on Ancient Rome

Daedalus and Icarus

There are many ancient expressions that are used today including Sisyphean labor, tantalum flour, Procrustean bed, Augean stables, Trojan horse,...

Comparison Ancient Athens and Sparta: Politically and Militarily

The Athenian and Spartan society shared several aspects in common and the same time had distinct outstanding differences...

Pompeii: The Last Day

Relationships between people with influence and power

A major contrast is visible in the relationships in the ancient Roman and the modern world between the dominant and the ...

Videos on Ancient Rome

Nothing is as captivating and interesting as watching the three presented films. They take us back to the past of ancien...

Forbidden City vs. Imperial Rome

In the eighth century B.C., a little village along the Tiber River in Italy developed into the ancient imperial Rome. To...