For example, in one of the most complete iconographic monuments to Roman militarism and imperialism, Trajan’s Column (built in Rome in AD 113 with the spoils from the Dacian wars in what is now ...

The Romans are famous for their many contributions to modern society, but did you know that major decisions were made by ...

Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...

It likely existed as early as 3600 BC, was fortified by 3000 BC, and may (though may well not) have been burned down in the “Trojan War”, perhaps ... tree stood as a symbol of prosperity.

Archaeologists in Finziade, Sicily, have uncovered a 1st century BCE mold used to create masks of Medusa, shedding light on ...

That’s how I charged a legionary army into the mountains of northern Spain and lost the most celebrated Roman general of the Second Punic War to a grossly outnumbered ... because the number of terrain ...

During the short life of this city-state, D’Annunzio established a number of symbols and gestures that he claimed were ... silent film set in ancient Rome at the time of the Second Punic War (against ...

In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...

Over the course of almost 140 years they fought what became known as the Punic Wars: (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to ...

has always had a weakness for symbols. We have mastered the art of finding meaning where perhaps there is none, of seeing more than is there in reality. And then the war with Russia gifted us with ...