Ancient History

Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, Justinian I made a concerted effort to save the city in the 6th century.

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish rebel turned Roman collaborator in the 1st century CE who wrote histories of the Jews. But is he reliable?

When was the Arch of Titus in Rome built and why? What do the reliefs adorning the arch communicate about Roman imperial iconography and ideology?

Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire during the 2nd century BCE. His exploits are legendary and infamous, but is his reputation deserved?

The Battle of Red Cliffs is one of the most famous battles in Chinese history, but most accounts tend to mix fact and fiction.

In 2015, a 4,000-year-old Minoan Octopus flask fell and got destroyed while on display at the eminent Heraklion Museum in Crete, Greece.

Despite about 2,000 years between them, there are quite a few things the United States shares with the ancient Rome’s Republic and Empire.

The idea of Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egypt, but what was Ma’at, and how did an idea manifest as a goddess?