My research as an apprentice-scholar of religion is ancient Greco-Roman magic. Many people do not realize that archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient objects that attest to the ubiquity of ...
Credit: Bora Gurel / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered fragments of a life-size mural depicting the Greek Trojan War hero Achilles in the remains of a Roman home near Reims, France. The ...
An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...
Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business ...