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r/ancientrome

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In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Punic tomb obelisk. Bani Walid - Libya, 200 - 400 CE.
in Bani Walid, Libya
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Roman roads
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When did the rostra die?
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Censors inspect folks' houses and snoop through their personal lives according to D. Halicarnassus [RA:20.13]
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What region had the most illiterate citizens?
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What happened if a citizen avoided church on Sundays?
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Why did Constantine prohibit concubinage?
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Cicero sarcastically mocking Antony (Philippics 2)
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How offensive was it to poke fun and criticize the old heroic Romans (Cato, Scipio, Dentatus, Marcellus, Paulus, etc...) from the view of Imperial Romans?
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I'm fascinated by the Hellenization of the empire
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Did the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, etc... use litters during the late empire?
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Does anybody else take issue with Seneca's anti-Julio-Claudian attitudes?
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Is there supporting material on this quote by Zosimus saying Constantine turned Christian to get salvation for killing Fausta?
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What was this last Western Roman Law issued by Glycerius on church offices?
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Do you have to be fluent in Greek to work as a censor or aedile?
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Was it only Rome that relied on shipped grain or was this a trend with other major Latin cities?
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What does Zosimus actually gain from attacking Stilicho?
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Did folks still enjoy Terence and Plautus in the age of Honorius and Valentinian III?
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No way people actually said "Achaea" and "Asia Minor" to describe people
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1 month ago
A lot of Romans seem to forget Roman history and the iconic emperors
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Whatever happened to Regio III - Isis et Serapis and the Campus Martius?
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Why couldn't Marcian and Avitus form a more cohesive and collaborative government?
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2 months ago
Is there any recorded first hand perspectives of life in Ancient Rome by women?
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2 months ago
Why are they invading Numidia, a very important province to Rome, in Gladiator II?
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3 months ago
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Let's go Etruscans!