Story Contest Winner

Winner of the 2024 Ancient Rome Refocused Writing Contest. THE LAST ROMAN by Vicky Alvear Shecter, author and educator.

July 21, 2024

News/ editorial/ opinion

Check out Rob’s news files on the world of archaeology, history, and current events that lead us to the past.

October 25, 2023

The decades ball

My cousin sent me a heads up. It seems there is a yearly event called The Decades Ball, at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City…

October 11, 2023

Boris Johnson vs. Mary Beard

UP POMPEII

I noticed that someone dropped in on my blog site after googling the following: Funny skits about the Roman Empire. One place to go to if you are looking for such…

October 11, 2023

An Opinion on Ancient Troy by Rob Cain

Put a kingdom where you can bottleneck the movement of adventurers. Own the land, the sea, and the highest hill and you are a power to be reckoned with. In that age, the riches were …

april 8, 2022

Bad Helen of Troy

Helen in Hell “And were you pleased?” they asked of
Helen in Hell. “Pleased?” answered she, “when all
Troy’s…

november 30, 2021

An Opinion on Ancient Troy by Rob Cain

Put a kingdom where you can bottleneck the movement of adventurers. Own the land, the sea, and the highest hill and you are a power to be reckoned with. In that age, the riches were …

april 8, 2022