By Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo. “Who built Thebes of the seven gates? In the books you will find the...

By Márcio Monteneri, Ms. in Social History, Universidade de São Paulo Bars were one of the hallmarks of Roman cities. In Ostia and...

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

By Renata Senna Garraffoni, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Have you ever stopped to think that whenever people talk about the Roman...

By Giovan do Nascimento, PhD candidate, University of São Paulo. Nicknames can be seen as means of political participation of the popular...

Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo. The popular classes seldom played a role in modern depictions of Ancient...

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