This head of the emperor Augustus was originally part of a statue in Egypt. The Romans used statues to remind the empire's largely illiterate population of the power of the emperor. Augustus is ...

Twilight of Antiquity. Same as CLAS 4061 and HIST 5061. Restricted to graduate students only. CLAS 5071 (3). Seminar in Ancient Social History. Same as CLAS 4071. Restricted to graduate students only.

From airing his views on the fall of the Roman empire (demographic decline) to expressing his desire to see a “modern-day Sulla”, Musk’s views on ancient ... study of the history of the ...

How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to think about it every day. Given his frequent references to Roman antiquity, I think we can take him at his word. From airing his ...