Even our calendar is Roman. April is from the Latin word aperirer, meaning to ‘open’ - like flowers in spring! June is named after the goddess Juno. The rulers Julius and Augustus added the ...
The Renaissance, as a wall label in Reimagining the Renaissance reminds us, began in Italy six centuries ago but its ...
It was the name of the Roman goddess of the sunrise, whose tears created the morning ... However, according to some ancient Roman almanacs, January is really named after Juno, queen of the Roman ...
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.
Excavations of the ground floor of a school in Vibo Valentia, Italy recently revealed an opulent room containing columns and ...
Ancient Rome unfairly has a reputation for having stolen or copied their mythology and religious traditions from the Greeks ...
The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...
They ruled over our nation for almost 400 years, bringing with them Roman soldiers with deadly weaponry to build defensive walls and stone forts to protect their new territory. We can still see ...
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