Yearly Archives: 2021

Cleopatra Part I: Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. Alexandria.

Author: timetravelrome /

To modern ears, the name Cleopatra refers to only one woman – the famed last Queen of Egypt who tragically chose the wrong lover and the wrong side in the Roman Civil Wars. However, this famous Cleopatra was actually known as Cleopatra VII, the last in a long line of kings and queens descended from the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter. The original [...]

2021-02-23T23:52:42+00:00February 9th, 2021|Categories: Top Destinations|Tags: , , , |

Guide to the Roman Metz – Divodurum Mediomatricorum

Author: timetravelrome /

Occupying a strategic position at the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Seille, Metz was founded as a Celtic hillfort belonging to the Mediomatrici tribe. Later the city was located on a crossroads of important Roman roads going from Lyon to Trier and from Reims to Strasbourg. As Divodurum Mediomatricorum, it grew into an important city with at its peak a population estimated [...]

2021-02-09T20:35:51+00:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: Hidden Gems|Tags: , |
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