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The Story Rome Wanted to Hear

Roman Empire Times 21 Dec 2025
The same logic governs Velleius’ portrayal of Tiberius, whose reign he describes in language carefully chosen to emphasize restraint rather than domination. Under Tiberius, he ...
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The Ancient Blueprint Behind Every Modern Stadium

Roman Empire Times 01 Dec 2025
Photo credits. Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0 ... Fires, floods, and rebuildings under Tiberius, Claudius, and Trajan transformed it from wood to stone, culminating in the grand structure that became the largest stadium of the ancient world ... ... ....
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This Surprising Roman Theme Spawned 300+ Paintings — Here’s Why Artists Couldn’t Quit It

Roman Empire Times 23 Oct 2025
The best-known source is Valerius Maximus’s Memorable Doings and Sayings (written under Tiberius), which preserves two paired anecdotes of “filial piety.” In one, a ...
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Nero Unmasked: The Fire, the Fame, and the Fury of Rome’s Most Infamous Ruler (Part 1)

Roman Empire Times 21 Oct 2025
While other reigns — Claudius, Tiberius, Caligula — are not granted literary labels, Nero’s age, vibrant with controversy and creativity, endures in the cultural imagination.
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Valerius Maximus: The Collector of Roman Virtue and Vice

Roman Empire Times 19 Oct 2025
Written under Tiberius, it was both a manual of rhetoric and a mirror of moral order, teaching citizens how to speak of virtue while navigating a world where power had replaced freedom.Who was Valerius Maximus?.
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