Authoritarianism

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t have been possible without the following sources: The Aeneid – Virgil (translators: Scott McGill and Susannah [...Read More...]

Among the poets of early Augustan Rome, Virgil had a niche: nostalgia. He wrote poems about the Roman countryside, farmers, and a mourned, simpler past that may have never [...Read More...]

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When Octavian (Augustus) returned home victorious from his final battle against Marc Antony and Cleopatra, he was met by an ecstatic crowd. The Senate had ordered all classes [...Read More...]