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Rome

From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
Daisy Dunn

Cento Ground
The cento is a sophisticated and demanding poetic form — and best suited to schoolboyish ends
Saintsbury

Overrated: Marcus Brutus
How much truth is there in the myth of the "noblest Roman"?
Daniel Johnson

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

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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