A good review from The Washington Post of “The Poison King,” a biography of first century BC ruler King Mithridates VI of Pontus: The potentate of potions
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor is available from Amazon. (And I want to read it!)
“Ancient Roman writing tablets suggest public officials were involved in expenses scandals 2,000 years ago.”
I seem to see articles about Roman emperor Hadrian everywhere I go online these days, and here’s another one:
The ‘peaceful’ Hadrian and his endless wars
Hadrian: Empire & Conflict by Thorsten Opper is available from Amazon.com.
The movie Memoirs of Hadrian, based on a novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar, will reportedly star Antonio Banderas as the Roman emperor.

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