As I sit down to fill in my tax return, I’m looking for any distraction. I wondered how the ancient Romans were taxed. Today we have income tax, company/corporation tax, sales taxes/VAT, excise duties (road fund licence (UK), alcohol, cigarettes), local taxation, inheritance tax, to name but a few. But how similar are our taxes […]
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Spring (1894) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, depicting the Cerealia in a Roman street Spring – awakening from winter sleep, the celebration of new life, blossoms and fertility. In many religions, the revival from the dead and a fresh start. Until the arrival of Christianity, Easter did not exist as a festival for Romans. So […] Out into the rain this morning on my way to the British Museum to see the Vikings, I walked down Earls Court Gardens and spotted sets of bicycles chained artistically to the railings. I guess there’s nowhere else to store them. After fairly mundane ride on the Picadilly Line, I arrived at the British Museum, […] |
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