The ancient Roman poet Juvenal called it panem et circenses, or “bread and circuses” – a strategy of appeasing the public with necessities and entertainment to distract them from the real ...

Two millennia ago, the Roman poet Decimus Junius Juvenalis (“Juvenal”) decried the political phenomenon of “bread and circuses”. Back in AD100, the Roman Empire was crushed by so much debt ...

Roman museums are among the most elegantly designed ... “Rome in her greatness!” wrote the poet Propertius in the age of Augustus Caesar. “Stranger, look your fill!” A new spirit is ...

He was said to be an accomplished orator and poet in both Latin and Greek ... Around 20 years after the reign of Titus, the Roman satirist Juvenal would coin the phrase panem et circenses or ...

It was devised by Carl Roman Abt — appropriately, a Swiss engineer. Black Swan Event was the name used by Roman poet Junius Juvenal (55-128 AD) referring to rare, surprising events. The ancients were ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

Below, you'll my fashion-writer approved picks from Roman that I predict will become a staple in wardrobes for years to come. These universally flattering items should make you feel as good as you ...