Hadrian
What ‘pax’ meant in Rome’s golden age of imperialism
The emperors of Rome’s golden age avoided civil war at all costs. But wars against other peoples were a different matter, says Peter Stothard
Why I dream of the Great Wall of China
Laikipia A quarter of a century ago I met two young South African men who had ridden their ponies 1,700…
Hadrian’s advice for a new Defence Secretary
Michael Fallon, the new Defence Secretary, is a classicist by training. What lessons, if any, might he take from his…
Hadrian on the Somerset levels
Since the Somerset Levels are a flood plain, nature will flood it. Romans had no problems with that. Much of…
