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From Rome, Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter

Julia Maesa was the Severan matriarch after the death of Caracalla. Trying to restore the Severan dynasty, she secured the murder of Emperor Macrinus, Caracalla’s former Praetorian Praefect and murderer, in 218 CE. Elagabalus, her grandson, was then…

This coin is one of the very first issued by one of the most famous/infamous individuals from the ancient world: Julius Caesar. A powerful senator, consul and military general during the late Roman Republic, Caesar used his military success to…

Justinian I was commonly known as Justinian the Great. He was the last Roman emperor to speak Latin as a first language and focused on a goal of reuniting the East and West empires. He was an important figure of Late Antiquity and was called by some…