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Why Are Most Ancient Roman Statues Headless?

The ravages of time have not been kind to many ancient Roman statues. Indeed, many of these Classical sculptures were discovered centuries later in various states of disrepair, often without their heads! However, there may be other explanations for the...

Ancient Roman Mosaic Reveals Women Wore Bikini

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while playing sports. The Villa Romana del Casale, located in Sicily, dates back to the early fourth century AD....

Why was Julius Caesar Killed?

On March 15th 44 B.C., Julius Caesar entered the Senate of Rome and was brutally murdered by twenty-three dagger strikes. His death is commonly understood to be the end of the Roman Republic and to have inaugurated the age...

The Mysterious Nabataeans and the Greek Influence

  Is the history of the Nabataeans mysterious or lost? The Kingdom of the Nabataeans has not been substantially recorded by scholars and archaeologists alike, but that is changing. The question is if there is any connection between the Nabataeans...

British Museum Artifacts Sold on eBay for $50

Stolen items from the British Museum's collection have been put up on eBay, one of the world's largest online marketplaces. Artifacts, including those from the time of Ancient Rome, were sold for $50, although their real price reaches $65,000. Among...

Ancient Roman Emperors Who Loved Greece

Ancient Roman emperors loved Greece and did not keep it a secret. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art continued to flourish. The elites cultured themselves on Greece and its beauties in order to better...

How the Cult of God Bacchus was Banned in Ancient Rome

In 186 AD, Ancient Rome, which had been notably tolerant, began violently persecuting followers of the cult of god Bacchus. Something of the sort had never before been witnessed in Ancient Rome, and it wouldn't come about again until...

How The Gold of Florence Revived Greco-Roman Classical Art

In the early 1200s, the flourishing Roman-barbarian city of Florence was filling its banks and institutions with gold. Close to Rome and bordering on the Exarchate of Ravenna, Florence began garnering its own independence and political organization. Despite Latin...

First Women Lawyers of Ancient Rome

In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic underwent a moment of severe crisis following the death of Caesar. This was during the transformation to its second phase as an empire. Prosperity and territorial expansion had filled Rome with...

Greek Man in Roman-Era London Used Amulet to Ward Off Plague

A Greek inhabitant of the Roman city of Londinium, lived through the Antonine plague by wearing a scroll with a Greek prayer in the form of rhyming hexameters.