There's a moment in ancient history that reads like a fever dream. The Roman Emperor Caligula, sometime around 40 CE, marched ...
A few days ago, I took the train to Rome, the Eternal City—capital of emperors, philosophers, poets, and saints. Though I have been here before, arriving in Rome always feels like stepping into a vast ...
In the stories of Jesus’ ministry, he’s giving us a preview of the kingdom of God. What would it look like on this broken planet full of broken bodies, broken hearts, and broken lives if the Creator ...
Julius Caesar ‘invaded Britain in the hope of finding pearls’. Caesar Augustus ‘wore platform shoes, to make him seem taller than he was’. Tiberius ‘was left-handed, with joints so strong that he ...
Livia Drusilla was the third wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Prior to her marriage to Augustus, she was married to a Roman politician by the name of Tiberius Claudius Nero. Through this ...
Sex: A Bonkers History explores how sexual behaviour through the ages has shaped civilisation in ways we are only now beginning to discover. Hosted by Amanda Holden, episode one looks at Valeria ...
KOTA KINABALU: A senior state civil servant has been slapped with a fine of three buffaloes and RM3,000 by the native court in Sabah for enticing the wife of Datuk Claudius Roman, president of the ...
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