Dr. Ingo Gildenhard: An Analysis

Walking through the ruins of the Coliseum, I was filled with awe. How could a society that existed 2500 years ago plan and construct something so structurally stable, with the ability to outlive architecture created using advanced technology? Amongst the concrete jungle of the twenty-first century stands Rome, a glorious, immutable imprint of the past. Ancient History is the foundation of our society and its influence is inescapable, whether we look to politics, theatre, religion, philosophy or language.

With a view to better understanding the formative effects of ancient culture and tradition, I attended a lecture on succession in Imperial Rome by Cambridge Professor, Dr. Ingo Gildenhard, which fuelled my interest in the rulings of Augustus,