Miriam tells us about the Phoebe’s origins in THE DEADLIEST LIE: Phoebe was the Greek foundling my mother rescued. Finding her wrapped in...

I wrote about Sergius in the past two blogs. He was that outlandish ex-gladiator who fled to Alexandria with Eppia, the senator’s wife...

The garment, dating back to the fifth century BCE Greece, encircled the torso and was pinned at one shoulder and girded at the waist....

Roman cookshops had a wide counter opening onto the street so that customers could be served on the go. The charcoal-burning furnace was...

Assimilated into the Roman Republic during the 4th century BCE, the Etruscans were an early wealthy and powerful civilization that...

In last week’s blog, Binyamin tries to convince Miriam that his being a gladiator is his chance to earn a place of honor in society. But...

In THE DEADLIEST SPORT, Binyamin tells Miriam about his life as a volunteer gladiator. But Miriam is not convinced the life is so...

The stoas in Alexandria’s first-century CE agora were constructed to resemble those in the agoras of Ancient Greece. Let’s join Miriam in...

The Romans had a unique legal process called manumission in which an owner could free his or her slaves. Upon becoming freedmen, they...

Scribes could read and write and made their living drafting, translating, and copying documents. They may have worked as secretaries and...