I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go ...

In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

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Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

F or centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one ...

Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of Greek origin. He is best known for his work Res Gestae, which chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva (96 AD) to ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a remarkable ...

A Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena reemerged in Chicago after almost three centuries after it was acquired from a ...

Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After 260 Years in HidingWrightwood 659, the foundation invites the public to see a work which has been largely out of general public view for nearly three ...