View Article  Rome and Jerusalem by Martin Goodman
...is already being seen by many as the definitive account of the fate of Judaism in the Roman Empire.   more »
View Article  Review of Goldsworthy on Julius Caesar
Caius Julius Caesar, the epileptic son of an undistinguished patrician family, shook Europe to its core and shaped humanity’s future for at least two millennia.   more »
View Article  Two books reviewed
"For the past 200 years the real story of this ancient town, destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79, has been kept from public view."   more »