Winning poem

I am absolutely thrilled that I have won the English section of the Nartha poetry competition here in Qatar. The competition was …

Roman names

Hold onto your hats, especially if you are female… By Lucius Sestius Quirinalis’ time, most Roman male citizens had three names- the …

The fasces

One of the strangest symbols of power, and one of the longest-lasting – who would have thought that a bundle of rods …

Dawn’s page

This is the result of a suggestion of a friend who told me that I needed to give a short explanation of …

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