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| | Was Augustus the destroyer of the Roman Republic, or the man who saved Rome from itself? This essay challenges modern comparisons and argues that Augustus buried a broken system and built a stronger one in its place.
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| | [AI summary] This article explores the symbolism and historical significance of head adornments on Roman coins, highlighting their role in conveying imperial power, military prestige, and religious connections throughout the Roman Empire.
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| | The Augustus of Prima Porta, (c. 14-29 CE), Vatican Museums In 30 BCE, the armies of Octavian decisively defeated Mark Anthony at the Battle of Actium. By the end of the year, both Anthony and his lover Cleopatra had killed themselves, and the young heir of Caesar stood triumphant over the Roman world, having finally...
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| Happy Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day since it marked the end of World War One on "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. Here are six books on that often-neglected conflict. (I will omit Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August because of how well-known it already is.) THE HAT...