PinnedCharles HeightonMarcus Licinius Crassus: An Enigma Of The Roman RepublicCaveman, general, upstanding citizen, leading politician, and ruthless businessman, he did it all6 min read·Apr 18, 2021----
Charles HeightonAugustus and the fabricated Grain shortage of 23/2 BCE.“The dictatorship offered to me both in my absence and when I was present by both the people and the senate I did not accept. During the…3 min read·Apr 27, 2021----
Charles HeightonWhat do the Cyrene Edicts tell us about the Concept of the dyarchyThe concept of the dyarchy was proposed by Mommsen to explain the dynamic between Augustus and the senate. It is effectively a…·2 min read·Apr 27, 2021----
Charles HeightonThe implications of Arrian’s source choice in his AnabasisAt the start of his history of Alexander, Arrian explains his choice of sources for his account. He claims to have chosen the accounts of…2 min read·Apr 26, 2021----
Charles HeightonThe Wise advisor trope in Arrian’s account of the battle of GranicusIn several places in his account, Arrian uses the wise advisor tradition from Greek literature and he is not the only Alexander historian…2 min read·Apr 24, 2021----
Charles HeightonThe tumulus Iuliorum: a tomb fit for a tyrantA monument to Octavian the king not Augustus the Princeps.2 min read·Apr 23, 2021----
Charles HeightonA Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the GreatThis silver tetradrachm was minted in the reign of Alexander the Great of Macedon, in Amphipolis, the site of the mint in Europe under the…2 min read·Apr 22, 2021----
Charles HeightonA gold aureus of Augustus that depicts the start of the Roman empireThis gold aureus dates from 28 BCE and was minted by Octavian possibly in the province of Asia and is very rare with only two known…3 min read·Apr 21, 2021----