Joan Smith describes how the powerful women of ancient Rome’s first imperial dynasty were smeared as adulterers, poisoners ...

Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington. The painting shows a gathering of Roman gods and goddesses, tended upon by satyrs and nymphs in a ...

Britannia is the national symbol of the UK and can be seen across the country on multiple statues or old pound sterling coins ...

Designer Francesca Lanzavecchia brings her signature poetic touch to the new furniture collection, marking Italian company ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

If you’re a Londoner craving an art-drenched city break that’s equal parts stylish and soul-stirring, allow me to introduce ...

There’s something awry in my head that zigs when everybody else zags. I can’t explain it and can’t stop it. I’m weird.

Photograph by DAGLI ORTI/ART ARCHIVE At age 14 ... During Elagabalus’s reign, it was assimilated with the Roman god Sol Invictus. On coins, the stone figure is adorned with crowns and garlands ...

Featuring gods and emperors alike ... “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through June 29.

Ancient myths and legends have fascinated artists and writers long after the civilizations that produced them collapsed. For ...

When I was five I was given an autograph album and asked my mother to christen it with the first entry. This is what she ...

AD Roman life-size marble statue of important magistrate. Academic report by Dr. Raffaele D'Amato; geological report by ...