017- Pyrrhic Victories

017- Pyrrhic Victories

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018- A History of Rome Christmas

Many of the traditions that surround modern Christmas have their roots in Saturnalia and the Feast of Sol Invictus. 

019- Prelude to the First Punic War

It was inevitable that the Romans and Cartheginians would run into each other one day. 

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