LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...
Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...
Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of ...
London's first Roman basilica has been finally found - hidden underneath the basement of an unassuming office block near ...
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
Born Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, Caesarion was the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII. His birth symbolized ...
Around 1,500 years ago, a chieftain buried a large stash of weapons and supplies, enough to equip a small army. […] ...
The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...
This is not the first of its kind. The Vesuvius Challenge is a global initiative that was launched in 2023 to discover the contents of the Herculaneum Scrolls without physical intervention to the ...
THE ruins of the Italian capital can be brought to life for kids studying the Romans at school or make for a brilliant adults-only city break. Here’s how to tackle Rome with – or without – ...