Tag: Rome
The Smell of the Greco Romans: Statues were Scented, New Study Finds
For those of you who watched the recent sequel to Gladiator, imaginatively named Gladiator II, firstly you have our sympathies. Whatever that mess was, it was closer to ill-conceived fantasy than a…
A Once in a Century Find: Private Roman Bath Complex Unearthed in Pompeii
Near the center of the Roman city of Pompeii lies a large area known to archaeologists and researchers as Regio IX. This area is largely unexcavated, overlooked in favour of the grander…
New Roman Boundary Stone Discovery Writes of Lost Settlements
A new paper tells of a discovery in northern Galilee: a Roman boundary stone dated to the Roman 3rd century, and a surprise for researchers. The boundary stone, used to denote territorial…
Looted Etruscan Artwork Recovered from Amateurish Tomb Raiders
Italian Police have announced the recovery of looted artifacts stolen from a necropolis in Italy, according to a statement from the Italian Ministry of Culture. The artifacts, from Umbria in central Italy,…
The Cadaver Synod, when a Dead Pope Stood Trial
The office of Pope has historically always been a highly important one. Such a role was and is intensely political, with the Pope uniquely being able to influence foreign powers through their…
Sulla: The Man Who Showed Caesar the Way
There is no question that the fate of Rome, her empire, Europe and by extension the western world was changed by one man. In the space of a single human lifetime this…