Latest Insights into Rome's Splendor
Explore the rise and fall of Ancient Rome with Historia Romana. Discover in-depth articles on battles, emperors, daily life, and engineering marvels that shaped the ancient world
The Forum Boarium: Rome’s Ancient Cattle Market and Sacred Grounds
Discover how Rome’s earliest livestock market shaped commerce, religion and urban life in the Republic
The Vandal Sack of Rome in 455 CE: Genseric’s Forty-Day Plunder and Its Lasting Impact
How Genseric’s Vandal fleet seized Rome in 455 CE, emptied imperial treasuries, and reshaped late imperial politics
Third Lateran Council 1179: Reforming the Church and Restoring Order
Discover how the 1179 Third Lateran Council reformed papal elections and ecclesiastical discipline under Alexander III
The First Council of Constantinople: Defining Faith and Power in 381 CE
How the 381 Council of Constantinople shaped Trinitarian doctrine and cemented imperial authority under Theodosius I
Vespasian’s Urine Tax: Funding Rome Through the Public Latrine Levy
How Vespasian’s 70 CE urine tax on public latrines filled imperial coffers and spurred debates on purity and profit
Rome’s Jewish Ghetto in 1555: Law, Flood, and the Making of a Community
How the 1555 Roman Ghetto reshaped law, space, and daily life until abolition in 1870 and a new synagogue rose in 1904.
