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David Potter is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Victor’s Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium, Ancient Rome: A New History and Emperors of Rome, and two forthcoming OUP titles, Constantine the Emperor and Theodora.

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On a Bridge Near Rome, an Empire Converts to Christianity

(380) Comments | Posted October 28, 2012 | 5:54 PM

The Ponte Milvio is Rome's oldest bridge. Its first stone-built ancestor dates back to 115 BC when it was outside the city limits. Nowadays the bridge, which carries the Via Flaminia cross the Tiber in the northern end of Rome, has become a sort of Lovers' Lane. Inspired by Federico...

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The Money Games

(1) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 7:11 PM

This past weekend Olympic superstar swimmer Janet Evans showed up in New York in the company of Olympic sponsor BMW. The London Olympics are unthinkable without their corporate sponsors, both for the site itself and for the teams that are going to compete. But what would a person...

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