Emperors
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Adrian Murdoch demonstrates once again that the ‘shadow emperors’ are a major lacuna in my education: Olybrius: Emperors of Rome
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The incipit of a recently-dated piece from AdnKronos which seems to be being picked up by some other papers: An international team of archaeologists claims to have unearthed the 2000-year-old birthplace of the Roman emperor, Vespasian, north of the Italian capital. Vespasian ruled the Roman empire in the first century A.D. and was behind the…
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Haven’t seen coverage of this in the English press (or a photo, alas) … bronze head, probably Augustus, some 15cm high: Il patrimonio archeologico valdostano si arricchisce di una testa bronzea risalente all’epoca romana. Il reperto è stato trovato nel centro storico di Aosta, durante alcune indagini (scavi) in piazza Roncas. Si tratta di un’applique…
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Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero, a man whose modest talent for poetry was overshadowed by his debauchery, extravagance and tyranny. Available as a “listen again” thing for only a week … BBC – Nero.
rogue classicism 