New Statesman9h
The White Lotus is as good and twisted as ever
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
New Statesman15h
Bridget Jones after Mr Darcy
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
spectator.com.au6d
Murder, incest and paedophilia in imperial Rome
I came to Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars as a schoolboy after watching I, Claudius, the BBC series based on Robert Graves’s ...
Christianity.com6d
What Happened on Patmos in the Bible?
During the reign of Emperor Domitian (AD 81-96), Rome persecuted and punished Christians who wouldn’t worship the emperor. The imperial cult had a rule—people had to honor the emperor as a divine ...
Georgia Today6d
When Words Become Crimes: The State’s New Monopoly on Dignity
In a move that has sent ripples through Georgia’s already charged political landscape, the ruling Georgian Dream party has ...