Frederik Juliaan Vervaet – The Conversation

Heróis dos quadrinhos e do cinema, Asterix (à direita) e Obelix tornaram populares as tribos do centro da Europa Central que, entre o quinto e o terceiro século a.C., realmente deram muita dor de cabeça ao Império Romano. Mas não foi às custas de nenhuma poção mágica. Reprodução do cartaz do filme "Asterix e Obelix: o Reino do Meio", lançado em 2023.

October 29, 2024

Muito além de Asterix: Quem eram realmente os gauleses, e por que eles foram um problema tão grande para Roma?

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, The University of Melbourne

Entre o quinto e o terceiro século a.C., as tribos gaulesas da Europa Central estavam entre os guerreiros mais temíveis do continente. Em 387 a.C., os invasores gauleses saquearam e humilharam profundamente Roma.

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October 30, 2024

You’ve heard of Asterix and Obelix, but who really were the Gauls? And why were they such a problem for Rome?

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, The University of Melbourne

From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors. And in 387 BCE, Gallic raiders sacked and profoundly humiliated Rome.

Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. from shutterstock.com

January 2, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg’s admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here’s why

Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, The University of Melbourne

Augustus’s long line of high-profile admirers see him as a great statesman who brought peace to a Roman Republic long afflicted by civil wars. But how admirable was he, really?

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