Many of the buildings along Pompeii’s streets are covered with painted messages extolling the virtues of candidates running ...

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The work was usually carried out as part of their political role. For example, as aedile and consul, Augustus’ son-in-law Agrippa used his own mines to produce the lead pipes that lined the Aqua ...

It initially seems extraordinary that this queen, daughter, sister, mother of so many kings, still famous today by some works worthy of a Roman aedile of proconsul, born with an admirable genius for ...