Tag: rome


  • The Ludus Magnus: Training Ground for the Doomed

    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…

  • Elagabalus: The Boy God Rome Had to Destroy

    How a teenage emperor called Elagabalus shattered Rome’s deepest taboos, drowned their hopes and ignited their anger, inspiring stories of murder, decadence, and a banquet of deadly roses that smothered his guests to death. The Ceiling Is Moving A single rose petal floats down, brushing the cheek of a senator who cannot move. He was…