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From Greek colonization to the clash with the Romans, Magna Graecia’s history unfolds with battles, alliances, and cultural synthesis, echoing in its vibrant

In the Late Roman Republic, the Gracchi brothers defied tradition, fought for land reform, and sparked events that changed Roman society forever. Here’s their story.

This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we're going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space as the gladius…

One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, 'how many people were there?' It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often don't talk about is how we come to…

For long, Interamna Lirenas was deemed an obscure, backwater town—but recent excavations are dramatically recasting that history. 

The Tunisian news outlet, La Presse, says the casting created “a historical error.”

Denzel Washingtons casting as Hannibal Barca in Netflixs upcoming project has been receiving backlash for ‘miscasting’ and ‘falsifying history.’ Read more below. | Web Series

In this episode of the ANS Long Table, Curator Maria Cristina Molinari discusses changes in Roman money during the mid-Republican era.

Tunisians in the North Africa region where ancient general Hannibal Barca is said to be from have objected to him being played by Denzel Washington in an upcoming Netflix adaptation.

Denzel Washington's casting as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in a new Netflix movie has sparked a race controversy in Tunisia.