Messalina's Story by Mia Forbes
(detail from Death of Messalina by Georges Rochegrosse) So here I am, my back pressed up against a cold, dark corner. It seems strange that ...
(detail from Death of Messalina by Georges Rochegrosse) So here I am, my back pressed up against a cold, dark corner. It seems strange that ...
die regi; tecta pulchra misera domus cecidit "Tell the king: the fair-wrought house has fallen." She sits on the stool. Below her ...
The Anxiety of Fidelity in Roman Love Poetry From the Desk of Corinna: Reflecting On Her Affair With Ovid I have thought to set it all down...
I woke up and watched my young sister Marianda sleep; peaceful and quiet, like I once did until my father died. My mother was awake and divi...
It's cold, and I shiver involuntarily as I wait in the darkness that is night. My cloak is thin, I know, but it helps me to run. I alway...
I write this in the precious hours left of my life. I don't really understand, because my knowledge of Latin is so small, which is why I...
12th March 44BC Dear Calpurnia, It's been many days since I last saw you, that brisk morning just before you left for Pompeii. Since you...
As the first spark of sun entered the sky, my eyes shot open, today was Wednesday, This day, like every day, I had to fill up my water pail ...
Vesuvius by moonlight It all started with the dreams. I had been having them for months. Well you couldn't really call them dreams once ...
Facere Scribenda et Scribere Legenda: Words and Deeds in Pliny's Vesuvius Letters Mark Wells as Pliny the Younger IV a.d. Id. Aug. Plin...