Did people in Ancient Rome and Greece love the same way we do? Perhaps even more hopelessly
- Written by Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Venus and Adonis depicted in a work by Simon Vouet.British Museum, CC BY-NCSometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part of Italy – to express how much he loved and missed her:
I love you so much, and we are not used to separations. So I...
















