Bret Devereaux


Bret Devereaux is a historian specializing in the Roman economy and military.

Articles by Bret Devereaux
President Barack Obama (C) presents a 2012 National Humanities Medal to Canadian and American historian Natalie Zemon Davis (L) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 10, 2013 in Washington, DC.
A rainbow behind the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum
A competitor dressed as a Spartan warrior takes part in the 2010 Tough Guy race in England, as fire rages in the background.
Bucha resident Tetiana Ustymenko weeps over the grave of her son.
A screenshot from the Expeditions: Rome videogame.
An Afghan National Army soldier takes a selfie
A U.S. soldier dressed in a World War II military uniform picks up sand from Omaha beach next to a U.S. soldier looking at a man driving a horse sulky on the sidelines of a ceremony in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, western France, on June 5, 2019.
A frieze on an altar in Rome
Two Afghan mujahideen in 1989