By acting justly, Cicero concluded, ‘our government could be called more accurately a protectorate of the world rather than an empire’
By Peter Jones
Seeing the turannos as a deviant type of king, Aristotle tested the distinction under four headings
By Peter Jones
She stands up to her suitors and they admire her trick to delay her marriage
By Peter Jones
A Princeton professor wants Classics to disappear because it has been used as a justification for slavery, colonialism and fascism
By Peter Jones
The mentality of the ancient curse-tablet lives on
By Peter Jones
The Globe Theatre in London has launched a project to do just that
By Peter Jones
In the ancient world, movements of people were also very common, often because war, famine or exile left them with no option
By Peter Jones
They revel in exotic mises-en-scène and absurd plots
By Peter Jones
Gladiatorial games and chariot-races provided opportunities for the plebs to display their feelings
By Peter Jones
Tacitus made the Caledonian leader Calgacus remark that Romans ‘make a desert and call it peace’
By Peter Jones
The gymnast displayed a self-awareness in line with the Delphic maxims
By Peter Jones
The Cambridge Greek Lexicon reviewed
By Peter Jones
Aristotle said that ‘the athlete’s habit of body does not produce a good condition for the general purposes of life’
By Peter Jones
For Romans, in contrast to Greeks, likeness was of the highest importance
By Peter Jones
Vitriolic pamphlets directed against Augustus were initially met with written rebuttals
By Peter Jones
