Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Ranking immediately below senators, equestrians became an important human resource, whose work underpinned the smooth running of the Roman Empire ... to supply enough men of its own, so they ...

Marriage in Roman times was often not at all romantic. Rather, it was an agreement between families. Men would usually marry in their mid-twenties, while women married while they were still in ...

The statue depicts a Roman elite, Gaius Marios Hermogenes, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd Century, and is in near-perfect ...

a few enemies. Likely a citizen of the ancient Roman-era city of Odessos, his likeness was immortalized with a statue sometime around the 2 nd or 3 rd centuries A.D. But the stone depiction of ...

In any case, the origin of the name is clear; it comes from one of those Roman sculptures, more specifically, the one named Pasquino. It’s a Hellenistic piece that was likely part of a larger set, ...

The statue, slightly taller than a human, according to the post, was found in Varna, the ancient city Odessa, and displayed a middle-aged man with a short beard, dressed in a Roman toga and ...

Now, the looming Roman sculpture is finally back on display Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent The seven-foot-tall Apollo Belvedere is thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek statue. Stefano ...

“Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms,” the Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder said of the Colossus, “and its fingers are larger than most statues.” According to ...

The hashtag #RomanEmpire is nearing 2.5 billion views on TikTok alone, but in case you missed the viral videos, they consist of people asking men how often they think ... inspired by the handcrafted ...

(JTA) — An American Jewish tourist was arrested in Israel for allegedly destroying two Roman-era statues inside the Israel Museum, claiming to police that they were “idolatrous and contrary to ...

Experts date the statue’s origin to the late 2 nd or early 3 rd century A.D. Other than the snapped-off right hand and some wear around the face, the Roman-dressed statue is considered in tip ...