S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

Julius Caesar was believed to have messed up the months in a year, but was trying to fix the solar calendar, resulting in one ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Tassan was showing me a milliaire, or milestone, one of hundreds planted along the highways of Gaul at the time of the Roman Empire ... against the empire was subjugated. Julius Caesar established ...

Thanks to artist Sam Balzer, an Art Director at Weta FX, we now have concept art showing the fateful moment this rageful Commander in Chief destroyed arguably America's greatest landmark. " ...

many of its majestic Roman-era structures have simply vanished and been replaced with modest avenues. But in its back streets are gems of ancient art and architecture. Most astonishing is Placidia ...

Last year, remains from a High Roman Empire ship, which once sank off the coast of La Vila Joiosa on its journey from Cadiz to Rome, were unearthed. Its replicas were then handled by UNESCO and ...

a concept album commissioned by a circus based on a novel written from a magical realist’s perspective sounds like a hoity-toity outing, a chance for artistic and intellectual elites to put their ...

There are artists who master technique. There are artists who chase beauty. And then there’s Maryam Lamei Harvani, an Iranian painter exhibiting at Art Dubai this year, who does something a little ...