The Antonine Plague struck the Roman Empire like never before, killing soldiers, citizens, and even emperors. Was it smallpox, measles, or something worse? And how did it weaken Rome’s power?

The historian Sallust attributed the political convulsions of the late republic to the vices he believed had spread through Rome like a “deadly plague.” A few decades later, Livy complained ...

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I have a coffee mug I picked up in Rome early on in his pontificate depicting him as a ... like Jesus did -- and commanded -- ...

Spend a semester, or year, at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Enroll in a yearlong or single semester program with all courses offered in English for undergraduates. Students ...

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He is a former director of the American Academy in Rome, a past president of the Medieval Academy ... He also edited and wrote the introduction for Plague and the End of Antiquity: the Pandemic of 541 ...

If we are consumed with worry that the political situation will end in annexation, we have ceded all the power; if we find ...