In a quiet museum in northwestern Romania, a tan ceramic vase with sweeping black designs sits under soft lights. It might be mistaken for modern art at first glance. But this elegant piece, recovered in fragments from the Poduri...
The formation of the Roman Empire was a gradual process, unfolding over several centuries. Nevertheless, there is one specific year that we can point to as arguably the single most significant year in the formation of the Roman Empire....
Long before Julius Caesar made the Roman Republic bow to his will, he was a cocky young man who knew he was destined to achieve great things in life. In his early twenties, Julius Caesar was on a ship in...
If we took ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we celebrate and admire today wouldn't exist. Yes, Publius Ovidius Naso was a true and proud Roman, born in Sulmona, Italy and having lived under Emperor Augustus, but...
The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous area of south-central Italy in the 9th century BC. They later became an enemy of Rome.
Even though these tribes shared language and cultural ties, each maintained...
The ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Anatolia flourished and enjoyed a long period of glory, forging a successful alliance with Rome in the Hellenistic Period.
Εstablished in the 3rd century BC, Pergamon became known for its cultural and political...
Throughout history, many Greek scholars became the unsung heroes of the Renaissance, the period that linked ancient wisdom with a new modern era of scientific knowledge. The Renaissance emerged in European history as an opportunity of enlightenment, shining a...
Before the Roman Republic was formed, Rome was ruled by kings. The first of these was Romulus, while the last was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus—at least, this is what has been claimed by ancient records written centuries after the fact....
Polybius, the Greek historian who was taken hostage by Rome despite resisting captivity, ended up befriending Roman nobility and went on to write the very story of the rise of the Roman Republic—a remarkable anecdote of the Hellenistic Period.
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Despite Romulus being famous as the founder of Rome, ancient Greek and Roman records show that the city had actually already been founded by a Greek king named Evander. He was allegedly an important figure in the history of...
