“Deadly Confrontation,” set in first century CE Roman-occupied Alexandria, is about the consequences of rage sparked by a feeling of...

Aside from the agora, Alexandria’s central marketplace, Miriam could go to her local plaza for daily items such as produce and chickens....

The sewer system’s cavernous tunnels below the streets of Ancient Rome were built around 600 BCE of finely carved stones. Such structures...

The dormouse is grouped in a family that includes rats, squirrels, and gerbils. The edible dormouse (a.k.a. the fat dormouse of southern...

Miriam and Phoebe celebrate their special occasions together with lunch at “The Flamingo’s Tongue, the smoke-filled restaurant... that...

Today, scholars have been searching for a neuropsychiatric explanation for Caligula’s madness. Some present the case for a widely used...

Damnatio ad bestia refers to a form of capital punishment in ancient Rome where criminals, prisoners, or slaves were condemned to be...

In The Deadliest Hate , Miriam sneaks into that netherworld below the arena to search for her brother after his gladiatorial debut:   As...

The synthesis , Greek for “something put together”, was an outfit worn at home in ancient Rome for dinner parties. It was particularly...

In “The Dagger,” a story in The Deadliest Deceptions , Achilles spots Ursus:   Once in a while, I’d eye the sharp edge of sunlight as it...