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The peacock’s rise and fall as a symbol in myth, faith, and folklore
After holding a place of honor in the symbolic pantheon of Greco-Roman and early Christian iconography during the first ...
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Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typos
On both the real and Anglo-Saxon imitation solidi, the standard clearly displays a cross, and the figure holds a miniature Nike, a traditional Roman symbol of victory. For artifacts in the U.K. to ...
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Typical Roman baths
it was nothing less than a symbol of Rome itself. To Romans, the baths proved that they were cleaner – and therefore better – than inhabitants of other countries. As the Roman Empire spread ...