The Syriac Sanctuary of the Janiculum: An Enigma of Lost Cults and Deities in...
Nestled in the heart of the Trastevere district, at the foot of Villa Sciarra and on the historic Janiculan hill, lies one of Rome’s most enigmatic archaeological discoveries: the Syriac Sanctuary....
View ArticleSaalburg, The Largest Roman Fort of the Limes Germanicus
Bad Homburg is a wealthy German city whose economic prosperity owes much to its proximity to Frankfurt, attracting many business executives who have chosen it as their place of residence. These...
View ArticleThe Mosaic of the House of the Birds in Italica is the Most Complete and...
Located in the archaeological site of Itálica, in Seville (Spain), the so-called House of the Birds houses one of the most unique mosaics of Roman Hispania. This work of art, dating from the second...
View ArticleA Spectacular Roman Empire Criminal Case Unveiled Through a Newly Discovered...
A remarkable papyrus recently unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority offers unprecedented insights into Roman legal procedures and life in the Near East. Scholars from the...
View ArticleDid Herodes Atticus Murder His Wife Appia Annia Regilla? A Strange Case in...
It was the year 160 AD when Appius Annius Atilius Bradua filed a complaint before the Roman Senate regarding the murder of his sister. The direct perpetrator of the crime was a freedman named...
View ArticleCincinnatus, the Dictator Who Voluntarily Renounced His Power Twice After...
In Italy, it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods named Cincinnatus, but even more familiar is the name of a city in the American state of Ohio. Although similar, these names have...
View ArticleQuality of Life During the Roman Empire Was Higher in the Countryside Than in...
A recent bioarchaeological study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports investigates the differences in lifestyle between urban and rural inhabitants of Roman Italy during the...
View ArticleMaes Titianus, the Merchant Who Organized the First Roman Expedition to China
Trade has been, since time immemorial, one of the main driving forces behind contact between civilizations. In this context, the Silk Road played a crucial role in connecting the Mediterranean world...
View ArticleA Study Reveals That Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Painted and...
A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has revealed a little-explored aspect of ancient art: the use of perfumes and aromatic substances in Greco-Roman sculptures. This research,...
View ArticleThe Tower of the Scipios, the Best-Preserved Roman Funerary Monument in Hispania
Six kilometers from Tarragona (roman Tarraco in Catalonia, Spain), next to the ancient Via Augusta, stands a stone monument that was misinterpreted for a long time: the Tower of the Scipios. The...
View ArticleWhen the Roman Empire Had Six Emperors in a Year
The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was a record that the Byzantines set, living up to the most convoluted...
View ArticleThe Tarquinian Conspiracy: The Failed Attempt to Restore the Monarchy in Rome...
Ancient Rome transitioned from a monarchy to a republic in 509 B.C., after its seventh king, Tarquin the Proud, was overthrown in a palace coup triggered by his son, Sextus Tarquinius, who violated a...
View ArticleRocks Found in Iceland Explain How Late Antiquity Little Ice Age May Have...
Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers new evidence about the intensity and scope of the Late Antique Little Ice...
View ArticleExtreme droughts triggered the great barbarian invasion of Roman Britain in...
A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD may have been a determining factor in the so-called Great Barbarian Conspiracy...
View ArticleGaius Pontius, the Samnite Leader Who Defeated the Romans at the Caudine...
Throughout its long history, Rome achieved numerous military victories that allowed it to grow, expand, and dominate nearly the entire known world in Antiquity. But it also suffered defeats, and some...
View ArticleMarcus Terentius Varro, the Roman scholar who conceived the existence of...
When looking for the origin of microbiology, it is typical to refer to the latter part of the 19th century, when it developed as a science due to researchers like Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Martinus...
View ArticlePorta Collina, Sulla’s Nocturnal Victory That Caused the Etruscans and...
Porta Collina (Hill Gate) was one of the entrances to Ancient Rome, opened, according to tradition, by King Servius Tullius in the wall he had ordered built and which bore his name. In its surroundings...
View ArticleWhat Did Music Sound Like in Ancient Greece and Rome? A Study Uncovers Its...
What did the melodies that accompanied rituals, theaters, or banquets in ancient Greece and Rome more than two thousand years ago actually sound like? A mathematical analysis of all the compositions...
View ArticleHow Emperor Claudius Tried to Promote the Art of Predicting the Future: A...
A recent study analyzes the attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, to promote haruspicy, the ancient art of divination that involved examining the entrails of animals to...
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