I know that it may be just a detail but whenever I see depictions of the Roman Senate in session (in movies, paintings etc) senators are seated in a semicircular fashion around an open space where the speaker stands and addresses the Senate. Uhm… Sorry. That’s actually wrong.
The spot in the Forum of the building that housed the Senate of Rome
Senators’ seats -at least since J.Caesar’s time- were arranged in straight and parallel lines on either side of the interior of the Curia Julia (i.e the Senate House).
Having studied Ancient History and Archaeology both in Britain and in Greece, George took part in different excavations, worked as a translator, private tutor. Since 2009 he focuses on Educational Tourism as a tour creator & manager, while in 2019 he became a founding member of the 'Traveling Students Academy', based in Atlanta GA.
An aspiring science popularizer and indefatigable lecturer in academic or tourism settings, George's mastery is to make accessible complex and profound subject matter that can then be appreciated by an extremely broad audience.
George has just published a book on Ancient Greek philosophy, while his main focus the last five years is the history of the ancient Athenian Democracy and her impact on modern-day republics. He has lectured extensively on the values of Democracy in schools, universities, the 'European Commission Learning Center' etc.
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