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Seneca surely would have abstained from this kind of financial flex.

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom Seneca particularly admired, who had lived in the first century BC and had been known for his simple lifestyle.

In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without its devotees.

A curated list for those who can’t stop thinking about ancient Rome

Larian’s ‘Divinity: Original Sin’ set the stage for RPG dominance by taking a huge risk that paid off.

Ryan Holiday is the author of Right Thing, Right Now and host of The Daily Stoic podcast. He speaks to Evgeny Lebedev about war, politics and what we can learn from Stoicism in our day and age.

For centuries, people have been drawn to casinos and gambling because of thrill, intellectual challenge and the element of luck involved.

Director Walter Sutcliffe’s modern-day production of Monteverdi’s take on Emperor Nero scores some hits but as many misses. Musically, though, it is outstanding