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 ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its ... Each of these was divided into ten cohorts of up to 480 men. The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was ...

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, ...

Two Roman sculptures have been unearthed at an archaeological dig The heads were found during the latest excavation at Carlisle Cricket Club The site's lead archaeologist said they were "priceless ...

They first invaded Britain in 55 BC, by 79 AD the Roman army came here. Imagine…as many as 30,000 men marched into Scotland. And nobody organised an army quite like the Romans, they were a ...

“Of all the works of antiquity that escaped destruction,” German archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann once said of the Apollo Belvedere, a beloved sculpture from the ...

Five 8ft (2.4m) statues have been installed on a beach ahead of a free festival taking place in a town. The Walking Men sculpture by Laurence Edwards has travelled throughout the UK and was ...

Politicians can do symbolism by changing the names of places and museums.' 'Judges need not be seen to be craving for ...

More animals were depicted in public statues than named women in 2023, new research has revealed. A total of 13 animals and 14 named men were immortalised as statues, but only 12 named women ...

An American tourist has been arrested for allegedly smashing sculptures in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Images shared by Israeli police show the two ancient Roman statues, dating from the 2nd ...

Sculptors create statues for three outstanding teachers at the National Art Museum of China, a celebration of this year's Teachers' Day. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three teachers ...