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Rome
From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
Daisy Dunn
Books
Classics
History
Rome
Cento Ground
The cento is a sophisticated and demanding poetic form — and best suited to schoolboyish ends
Saintsbury
Classics
Rome
Wine
Overrated: Marcus Brutus
How much truth is there in the myth of the "noblest Roman"?
Daniel Johnson
History
Overrated
Rome
The Decline and Fall Industry
Could anxiety over the future of the West be behind the publication of so many books on the fall of the Roman Empire?
Bryan Ward-Perkins
Academia
Classics
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Rome
The West
Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
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The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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