Pizza Romana: The Mediterranean Diet and the Founding of Rome
There is a classic passage in Vergil’s Aeneid in which Anchises commends to future Romans what is, in effect, the “mission statement” for the Roman Empire. In…
The Contribution of Roman Law to Modern Legal Systems
Roman law was the law of the city of Rome and subsequently of the Roman Empire. The influence of Roman law on modern legal systems has been…
Augustine and the Problem of Power: The Augustinian Prognostic
The problem of power is one of perennial interest and importance in human life, but at no period in history has it presented itself with greater urgency…
The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works
The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works. Kurt A. Raaflaub, ed. and trans. New York: Pantheon Books, 2017. As part of The Landmark Series, The Landmark…
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives. Plutarch. Translated by Pamela Mensch with Preface and Notes by James Romm and Introduction by Mary Beard. New York: W.…
Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution
Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution. Benjamin Straumann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Crisis and…
Rome and Christianity
St. Augustine and Varro's Civil Theology It is curious that both Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine, while bitterly engaged in the struggle for existential representation of Christianity,…
Oakeshott on Rome and America
Oakeshott on Rome and America. Eugene Callahan. Charlottesville, VA: Imprint Academic, 2012. Oakeshott’s critique of Rationalism is the most famous part of his corpus and also…
