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Brother And Sister Re-emerge To Tell Their Tale In Pompeii
Archaeologists working at Parco Archaeologico di Pompei have uncovered a stunning fresco. It portrays the Greek mythological brother Phrixus and sister Helle, encapsulating the timeless themes of tragedy and resilience. The fresco was found when volc
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A Sting In The Tail
By AD 69, the Praetorian Guard had been in operation for nearly a century. Established by Augustus in 27 BC, it was not a new formation. Commanders in the late Republic had made use of similar units for protection, with the first specific reference t
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Preliminaries
The Hellenistic period is a strange one for the magazine to tackle. For starters, when compared to Classical Greece and the Late Roman Republic, there are far fewer literary sources. More often than not, epigraphy is the only way we learn about parti

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