Trajan, the Roman emperor who fought the Dacians and Parthians, superpowers like today’s Russia and China
Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of Hispanic origin
Nero’s Rome was not so different from today’s world: Stratospheric rents, gentrification and chaotic traffic
The historian Dimitri Tilloi-d’Ambrosi has published an essay on daily life in the imperial capital, which was home to a mix of nationalities, exclusive and run-down neighborhoods, and where citizens suffered from noise pollution