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There's no dearth of literature or pop culture when it comes to Rome's rich history. Be it an HBO series or the seemingly countless historian accounts of past rulers, society's imagination and ...

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One of the funniest works of Roman literature to survive—and the only one that has ever made me laugh out loud—is a skit, written by the philosopher Seneca, about the Emperor Claudius’ adventures on ...

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