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...

I n “The Dagger,” a story in The Deadliest Deceptions , Achilles is on the trail of his old gladiator buddy, Ursus: You could say I’d...

Let’s listen in on the couple living in that seedy flat upstairs: “You think I like it in this attic cage, slinging hash while jiggling...

Of course, my characters in the Miriam bat Isaac Mystery Series occasionally use profanity, and if they’re Greek, they swear in ancient...

What a terrible day in 79 CE when the Amphitheater of Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius! And what a great amphitheater...

These underground chambers, the oldest burial tombs in Alexandria, are cut into the bedrock around an open court where funerary rituals...