This site is created and run by an Archaeologist and Psychologist – Exploring the dark roots of ancient ritual, myth, and mind.
They promised you glory and freedom. What they gave you was a slow descent into hell. The smell hits you first. Blood. Sweat. Rot. Human waste. It’s so thick you can almost taste it on your tongue. You gag. Your stomach lurches. Nobody tells you about the smell. The recruitment speeches, the lanista’s promises of…
⚠️ Adult Content Warning: This article includes ancient Roman imagery of nudity and sexual symbols. Rome certainly wasn’t built in a day, and Pompeii wasn’t just a city buried in ash. They were both a civilisation and a city obsessed with protection. The Romans lived in perpetual fear of the evil eye — a curse…