rome – The History Book

Julius Caesar vs. Hannibal Barca: Who Would Win?

Julius Caesar. Hannibal Barca. Two Titans of military history. But in a fair fight – who would win?

Caligula – the Perfect Tyrant

Caligula is a name that even now brings up images of terror and cruelty. But just how cruel was he, and how did he rise to become Emperor of all of Rome?

The Thucydidean Trap

The Thucydidean Trap, devised by the Ancient Greek Historian Thucydides has a long and interesting history, that still affects us to this day.

Rome was invented in 753BC when Romulus, the son of Mars and a local princess declared himself King of his new city. Or so the story roughly goes. The Founding of Rome is not so simple as is often assumed. For a start, it was almost certainly never founded. Nor was Romulus real. Nor, I’mContinueContinue reading “Rome – An Origin Story”

Carrhae – Rome’s Shame

Crassus, Rome’s political spider, had spent his career building a web of networks at the heart of Roman politics. Naturally, when Crassus went to Syria, he went their looking for a fight.

First Triumvirate – A Roman Deathly Hallows

The First Triumvirate of the Roman Republic constituted of Julius Caesar, Gnaus Pompey and Marcus Crassus and is one of the most famous, and peculiar political alliances in history.