Tag Archives: Octavian

Rome’s Worst Emperor? Assessing the Sources About Elagabalus

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025

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A Note on Public Baths in Rome

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025

The first great public warm baths or thermae in Rome were completed in 25 BC, two years after the first Emperor, Octavian, officially became Augustus. For nearly forty years, payment was necessary to access these baths.

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The Ideology of Nazism

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 April 2023

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