Bronze coin issued by Constantine's sons shows a bust of their late father wearing a shroud. On the reverse, Constantine the Great rides a chariot drawn by four horses, as the Hand of God reaches down from on high to receive him in Heaven.
These posthumous issues, struck after AD 337 by the sons of Constantine the Great, feature a spectral image of the veiled emperor on the obverse—who for some time remained the emperor, even in death.
Gladiators and gods, aqueducts and Augustuses, togas and triumvirates, legions and lions: fifteen centuries after the fall, Rome remains fixed in the popular culture—and for good reason. For five...
When we think of ancient Rome, we think first of the gladiators. These professional fighters delighted frenzied crowds in the Colosseum, doing battle with wild animals, with condemned criminals, and...
Bronze coins of the first four emperors of the Constantine Dynasty. Constantine the Great and his three sons were the first Christian emperors of Rome.
