Cultural elites are obsessed with Ancient Rome – but we’re still getting plenty wrong about how Romans actually lived
Ancient Rome has never left us. From Elon Musk‘s recent claims about the empire’s collapse to blockbuster films like Gladiator, our cultural fascination with Rome burns as brightly as ever. Yet this obsession often comes wrapped in Hollywood fiction and modern political agendas that obscure the messy, complex reality of Roman life. When Musk argued … Read more