In honor of Valentine’s Day, discover the origins of the phrase ‘weak at the knees,’ including its ties to ancient Rome and even astrology.

Aciman only lived in Rome for a year; new adventures awaited in (where else?) the Bronx. With help from relatives, he applied ...

For decades, Altadena has been a diverse hamlet that boasted higher than average Black home ownership, thriving Black small ...

said co-author Andreas Koutsodendris at Heidelberg University. Around that time, in 146 BC, the Roman army conquered the Greek peninsula, transforming the region’s society and economy.

While this is the time of year for fun prop bets, gameday meals and Super Bowl squares, it is also the time to research Roman numerals. Every NFL game during the regular season is referred to by the ...

Norman Gregory is an institution within an institution. He’s been working at the historic Smithfield wholesale meat market in central London since 1961, witnessing first hand the rapid transformation ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December8, 65 BC–November 27, BC). Horace is possibly the first to write an autobiography. Photograph engraving published 1882 ...

Neoclassical writers such as René Rapin, who published his Reflections on Aristotle’s Treatise on Poetry in 1674, massaged Aristotle’s ideas to align more closely to the Roman poet Horace’s ...

A pair of novel-writing sisters sued romance fantasy author Rebecca Yarros, alleging she stole the basis, themes and material of her “Empyrian” series from a string of books they published on the ...