She was named after Juno Sospita, the Roman goddess of war and protection, the actress later revealed. Turner-Smith chose the name after a trip to Rome where she saw the statue of the goddess at the ...

July – Originally called Quintilis (meaning "fifth" in Latin, as it was the fifth month in the early Roman calendar), this month was renamed in 44 BCE after Julius Caesar, following his assassination.

and Marriage Juno was the Roman goddess of marriage, also known as her Greek goddess counterpart, Hera. Being married to Jupiter, the King of the Gods (or to the Greeks, Zeus), she was revered by ...

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

She was named after Juno Sospita, the Roman goddess of war and protection, the actress later revealed. Turner-Smith chose the name after a trip to Rome where she saw the statue of the goddess at ...

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 ...

with the Etruscan god Uni being reshaped into the Roman god Juno. The Etruscan Menvra morphed into the later Roman goddess Minerva. Even the demigod heroes of ancient Greek mythology found their way ...

GODDESS OF SLIDE: THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF ELLEN MCILWAINE is ... Ahead of Sunday’s broadcast, the JUNO Awards Gala features the presentation of 40+ JUNO Awards including the prestigious Walt Grealis ...

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 ...