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Review: Nero: the man behind the myth

15 June 2021 By Simon Turney

We’ve had more than a year without major exhibitions to visit. But the British Museum has returned with one of its blockbusters: a treasure-filled and challenging exploration of the Emperor Nero. Best-selling author Simon (SJA) Turney, who knows a thing or two about the Roman Empire, reviews it for Historia and finds it one of […]

The Wedding by LJ Trafford: part 3

30 September 2019 By LJ Trafford

The final part of LJ Trafford’s The Wedding, one of the short stories published in Rubicon, the HWA and Sharpe Books collection of stories by ten leading authors who write about Ancient Rome.

The Exiled by David Barbaree

27 June 2019 By Editor

The Exiled by David Barbaree, Historia magazine

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