World of Royalty Blog

Laminated linen protected Alexander the Great

Ancient Pompeii ruins hit Google Street View

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.”

Sardinians unlock 'sardonic grin'

And now, a few 4th century Greek jokes

The Dead Parrot sketch:

Colossus of Rhodes to be rebuilt as giant light sculpture

Ancient Amazon cities found; were vast urban network

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.