Did the Romans spend much time at the sea? Did they have party resorts to rival Ibiza, rife with sex, booze, and late night music? Did provincial towns have any infrastructure to cope with a sudden influx of tourists? The ancients do in fact tell us. Read on to see what they say.
According to Edward Gibbon, the Roman Empire under the Antonines was the happiest age of humanity; a proto-Schengen Area; a utopian union of non-existent borders, free movement and global cooperation. Is there any truth to this? Or did nostalgia paint over the reality?
With the blossoming of religious festivals in the Classical Period and the discovery of a new world following the conquests of Alexander, the ancient world saw the birth of the world's first known "travel industry." What was it like? How did it work? And who wrote the guidebooks? Read on to find out more.
How do our modern ideas of recreational travel stack up against those of classical antiquity? Find out during the course of this five-part series.
Last week, Italy’s Ministry of Tourism launched its latest campaign entitled Italia: Open to Meraviglia (‘Italy: Open to Wonder’). Fronted by Botticelli’s Venus in the role of a ‘Virtual Influencer’, and conveyed almost entirely in Italian, the €9 million campaign has…
For months, my LinkedIn feed has been inundated with posts about ChatGPT. Some are penned by subject authorities. But many more are churned out by content marketers and/or tech-dudes-turned-AI experts. Experts I’ve come to know as Chad-GPTs. A recent graduate…
For perhaps the most famous and influential figure in history, Jesus of Nazareth is remarkably (and frustratingly) enigmatic. So shrouded in obscurity many aspects of his life and teachings that many have called into question his very existence. Where does the truth lie? Read on to find out.
Rome's gradual transition from a republic into an autocracy furnishes many lessons from which we could learn today. How did it happen? Read on to find out.
After several groggy decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has finally woken up. Recent advances are bringing us ever closer to an exciting technological frontier, where AI’s far-reaching potential will impact every area of our daily lives, from business productivity to interpersonal…
You’re not the first to have this problem, and you certainly won’t be the last. You’ve packed your site with search engine optimization (SEO) keywords. You’re creating quality original content every day. Your digital content engine is positively purring. But…
