While many people know that the Ides of March is the 15th of March, many don’t know what it actually meant and what its role in the Roman calendar was. Would it surprise you to know that the Ides of March was a sacred day long before Julius Caesar was assassinated?
Learning Resources for Ancient Pompeii
I don’t know about you, but when I think about what the city of Pompeii looked like immediately after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, I envision a city completely buried by ash and dirt. But the city wasn’t completely buried, and tops of houses, sculptures, and other artifacts would have been poking up out of the dirt, … Read More
Why Ancient Romans Collected Artifacts from Civilizations Older Than Themselves
From where we sit in time, it’s easy to lump the past together into one category, but even people living in eras long before our own could gaze in wonder at ruins and artifacts from times still older. For example, when Cleopatra looked out her window at the Great Pyramid of Khufu, she was looking at something that was built … Read More