Emily’s Reviews > SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome > Status Update

Lucius Licinius Lucullus is such an unserious name. who did that him.

cicero had enough money to provide for at least 25k poor families but it would have only given around 30 men the wealth standing to hold office? and he wasn't even part of the super-rich?????? WHAT in the income inequality

"after the death of her father, an adult woman could own property in her own right, buy and sell, inherit or make a will and free slaves -- many of the rights that women in Britain did not gain until the 1870s" diabolical. every day i thank god i was not born in another time period.

kinda interesting that roman marriage basically just meant saying "yeah we're married" and you could just as easily divorce

say what you will about free speech in the modern US, at least we don't tend to beat comedians to death while they're on stage

'hostis' going from a word used to mean foreigner/enemy to being used by Romans against other Romans during the civil war period is such an ironic bit of symbolism

wondering if panem in the hunger games came from panem et circenses

really like the detail that ancient romans also were out in the streets shaking hands and canvassing voters

Hannibal (Carthage) mention!