Henry Hopwood-PhillipsJul 8, 20216 minLondonium: a ReappraisalNo archaeology has substantiated the medieval tradition of London (AKA “New Troy”) being founded by Brutus in 1108 BC, or its later...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsJun 10, 202110 minFashioning Romanitas on the Bosphorus‘You must dress well to gain admiration from your subjects.’ Patriarch Photios to Boris of Bulgaria Contemporary remnants of ‘Byzantine’...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsJun 3, 20216 minThe Capitoline Temple of Rome“Here is the Capitol where in the old days a human head was found and declared to be an omen, for in that place would be fixed the...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsMay 27, 20217 minThe Six Face of RomeRome has boasted many titles (from caput mundi to urbs sacra) over the centuries. Some are bombastic, several true, and almost all play...