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The oldest surviving novel in Latin literature, Satyricon follows three young men on their misadventures and homosexual love triangle.
The Roman senate declined from a long-held position of authority under the Roman Republic to become almost wholly reliant on the whims of a given emperor, writes a classics scholar.
The Monteverdi opera exploring passion in ancient Rome has been transposed to a contemporary gangster setting in a new Sydney production.
The image of cowering Christians being thrown to the lions by Roman emperors is a grisly staple of popular culture. But how accurate is it?
The image of a crazed and capricious Emperor Nero is immortalised in popular culture: from fiddling while Rome burns to having a sexual relationship with his mother. The historical evidence, however, is rather different.
There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that attempts to manipulate the outcome of the competitions are as old as the Games themselves.
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Associate Professor of Classics and Head of the Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Classics, College of the Holy Cross
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Honorary associate, Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History, UQ, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
