Curia Julia The Curia Julia was the building within the Forum that corresponds to the room in which the Senate of Rome met. It was founded by Julius Caesar in substitution of the Curia Ostiha. The Curia was left unfinished at the time of Caesar’s assassination, but it was eventually completed by Augustus in 29 […]

Library of Alexandria The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest and most legendary libraries in the history of mankind. The Great Library contained the total sum of ancient Egypt’s knowledge and lore as well as most works of various Ancient scholars. It was founded sometime after the birth of the Egyptian sea port […]

Julia Born 83 BC – Died 54 BC Daughter of Caesar Wife of Pompey the Great Julia was born circa 83 BC the daughter of Julius Caesar and his first wife Cornelia (daughter of Cinna). She was originally betrothed to Servilius Caepio, who had been a trusted ally of her father. However, for obvious political […]

The Cataline Affair Catiline was a ruinously debt-ridden patrician with a dangerously unstable character yet possessed considerable magnetic charm, to which aristocratic women and youths were as susceptible as proletarians. Catiline had been Sulla‘s agent and his record was questionable, to say the least. He held the governorship of Africa and his administration of that provence was […]

Lucius Cornelius SULLA Dictator, 82-79 B.C. Born 138 – Died 78 B.C., age 60 LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA began his career serving as Quaestor, a judge of criminal cases, and State Treasurer. In 107 BC, while serving under General Gaius Marius (155-86 B.C.), Sulla captured Jugurtha in the Jugurthine War. In the period 104-101 BC, two […]

CORNELIA First Wife of Julius Caesar CORNELIA (1st century BC) was the 1st wife of Julius CAESAR. She was the daughter of the four-time Consul Cinna. The dictator Sulla opposed the marriage and demanded that Caesar divorce her. When Caesar refused, Sulla stripped him of his priesthood and her dowry. She bore Caesar a daughter, […]

Personal letter written by Augustus to his beloved nephew Gaius. The ninth day before the Kalends of October [23 September]. Greetings, my dear Galus, my dearest little donkey, whom, so help me! I constantly miss whenever you are away from me. But especially on such days as today my eyes are eager for my Gaius, […]

Monetary Reform of Octavian (Augustus) Octavian’s monetary reform was a major change that would forever alter the course of Rome’s monetary history. Bronze coinage, which had virtually caesed to be minted after 84 BC, was restituted with the regular issue of the Roman As (struck in copper). In addition, a new Sesterius (struck in orichalcum brass) […]

The Pantheon Marcus Agrippa constructed the original Pantheon in 27 BC, as a temple to all of the gods of Rome on the site known as the Campus Maritius. The Pantheon is truly one of the greatest architectural master pieces in Roman history. It has long been considered to be a marvel of design and execution, […]

St. Edmund 855-870 St. Edmund king of the East Angles from 855 to 870. He is said to have been distinguished for justice and piety. In 870 he was defeated and taken prisoner by the Danes, who caused him to be fastened to a tree, and to be shot to death with arrows. His head […]