Tag: Roman Empire

• Why and in what ways did the Roman empire exploit its natural resources? 

  

  Emily Martin explores how the Roman Empire exploited its natural resources, especially through deforestation and excessive hunting, to support urbanisation and military needs.

  Retrospect Journal

  02/11/2025

  Features

  Ancient History, Economic History, History, Mediterranean, Roman Empire, Roman History

• The Birth of an Empire

  

  In this fiction piece, Oscar Virdee imagines a conversation that led to the birth of the Roman Empire.

  Retrospect Journal

  03/12/2023

  Fiction

  Classics, Julius Caesar, Roman Empire, Roman History, Roman Politics

• The Brides of Christ: Religious motivation for Sexual Renunciation 

  

  Written by Kavisha Kamalananthan. The trend of asceticism in late antiquity, dedicated to religious and simplistic livelihood. But in what ways did women aim to emulate these lifestyles and what were the impacts of contemporary figures?

  Retrospect Journal

  30/10/2021

  Academic

  Classics, History, Late Antiquity, Religious History, Roman Empire