Category: Domitian
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Mass grave discovered from forgotten Roman defeat
By Jordan Joseph Earth.com staff writer 8th August 2025 Workers leveling a worn soccer field in Vienna’s Simmering district paused when their backhoe claw scraped Roman bones instead of gravel. By the time the dust settled, archaeologists counted the mixed remains of about 150 young men, each scarred by combat and hurriedly covered by soil…
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Statius – An Ode to Sleep
An Ode To Sleep by Publius Papinius Statius, a Latin poet of the 1st century CE. Gentle divinity, how have I merited?Whither, unfortunate wretch, have I strayed,Thus of thy bounty to lie disenherited –I alone whilst every other is paid?Sleeping are cattle and birds without number,Beasts of the wilderness rest in their lair;Even the hills,…
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