Our History editor-in-chief Amy Briggs can explain. How often do the men in your life think about the Roman Empire? Maybe more than you think. They may not wear costumes, like these Catalan actors ...

before the attack. What was the dream? Salman Rushdie: I kind of had a premonition. I mean, I had a dream of being attacked in an amphitheater. But it was a kind of Roman Empire dream, you know?

On the murder of Ruth First and others killed by the South African death squads, and on the threat to the lives of activists at home and abroad. No. 96 (1st Quart. 1984), p. 5 Speeches at the funeral, ...