#RomanEmpire

Oct 7, 20214 min

Frontier to Whom?

By Pedro Benedetti, PhD in Social History by the Universidade de São Paulo. The wall on the Mexican American border has always been a...

Oct 5, 20214 min

Women Martyrs beyond the Feminine Ideal

By Juliana Marques Morais, Doctor in Social History, Universidade de São Paulo. Among the sumptuous buildings that make up the Roman...

Sep 18, 20214 min

Street Work and Commerce in Roman Antiquity

By Rafael Monpean, PhD candidate in Social History, University of São Paulo. Every year a few million tourists visit Rome, Ostia,...

Sep 14, 20217 min

Interview: When the Masters became Slaves

Interview with Adriane da Silva Duarte, professor of Greek Language and Literature at the Departamento de Letras Clássicas de Vernáculas...

Sep 4, 20215 min

Circus Factions: Rebels or Hooligans?

By Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo. The street demonstrations by fans of rival football teams united in...

Aug 26, 20214 min

"I Ask that You Avenge Me": The Curse Tablets as Popular Practice

By Jessica Brustolim, Master's student in Social History, University of São Paulo. Around 130 BCE, in the city of Mogontiacum...

Aug 18, 20214 min

The Food Riots in the Roman Empire

By Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira, University of São Paulo. Why do people protest? The reasons for discontent are many, but discontent...

May 25, 20214 min

The Kalends of January: Popular Culture in Late Antiquity

Lucy Grig, University of Edinburgh. The best-known mid-winter festival in the ancient world is undoubtedly Saturnalia, which was...