According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.
On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families at the border by referencing the New Testament. “I would ...
According to Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro, the city of Rome was founded in April 753BC. and was formed from settlements gathered around the River Tiber. The early inhabitants of Rome were a ...
Donald Trump’s unleashing of an armed mob on the Capitol to overturn an election on January 6, 2021 was a stark warning of the fragility of democracy. And there have been other signs of strain. At a ...
If you took Latin in grade school, chances are someone shouted “Semper ubi sub ubi!” at one point. This nonsense Latin phrase translates into English as “always where under where,” so schoolkids for ...
Romans gave Europe more than roads and aqueducts—the modern wine map, vineyard knowledge and tools, and the way wine traveled—all carry Roman fingerprints. ByLayne Randolph, Contributor. Forbes ...
Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that, over the ...
Despite Rome’s glorious architecture, only the richest citizens enjoyed the good life – most lived in dangerous, cramped and smelly housing. Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully ...
Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ancient Greeks and Romans recognized that the climate changes over time ...