Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...
The Domus Aurea, or “Golden House,” is perhaps the most recognizable and widely known symbol of Emperor Nero’s extravagant ambitions; built between 65 and 68 AD after the Gr ...
In this episode of Look At This!, Desmond Shaw takes us to the renowned Bullocks Wilshire Building in the Westlake District, well known for its art deco architecture and the A-list celebrities it used ...
India has had relations with cultures around the subcontinent by both land and sea. In what ways did trade influence cultural exchange between India and other civilisations during ancient times?
Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny, and the other, ...
We know about the Persian Empire and then Alexander’s conquest, the Roman Empire which gave way to the Byzantine, and then the Ottoman. But the Hittites had been there long before, and it was ...