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Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.
For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...
Rom and Romola explain that the baths were used as a place to swim and pray to the goddess Minerva, who the Romans believed had healing qualities. The clip shows the remains of the caldarium, a ...
A discussion between a Celtic and Roman man about the attack on Colchester ... Students could make a photo story book to retell the story through drama and writing. Students could be organised ...
This month, the historian Nathanael Andrade weighs in with a new book, “Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.” In it, Andrade, a scholar of the Greco-Roman world ...
An excavation in northern Sudan suggests there were limits to the military might of the Roman Empire – even if the Romans weren’t prepared to admit them. The imperial forces claimed they ...
The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...
The book begins with the wealthy couple, Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert, reveling in the glory days of 1920s New York before it all comes crashing down. The story parallels Ratliff's new reality ...
Originally published in 1983, Barbarians and Romans is a very readable survey of the complex ... carried me through no less than ninety museums in search of material.” The book is richly illustrated ...
WrestleMania 41 Night 1 is poised to deliver a monumental main event as CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns ... and compelling feud WWE could book in the following months.
In 43BC the Roman matriarch Fulvia arranged for Cicero’s decapitated head to be brought before her. In full view of the crowd she spat on his remains and then retrieved a hairpin from her ...
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Wheel of Time” Season 3, Episode 8. “The Wheel of Time” capped a successful, momentum-gathering third season with Rand (Josha Stradowski ...