Didn’t a certain Roman poet named Virgil write something called the Aeneid in which the hero Aeneas fled the destroyed Troy, wandered around a bit, ended up in Italy and became the ancestor of Rome?

According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of ...

The difference in ancient paradises reveals a shared human desire for a perfect afterlife, though the details vary ...

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The Italian city of Venice, world-famous for its romantic canals, has a smaller, little-known doppelgänger: Chioggia. But although it is only a short distance from the “original”, far fewer visitors ...

Consequently, I propose a continuous view of ancient translation history that places Greek and Latin texts on equal footing, while positing a translational relationship between the two that is ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

Archaeologists in Germany excavated part of an ancient Roman military camp and found typical artifacts and a very rare pot, officials said. Photo from EggensteinEsca GmbH / M. Zur-Schaepers via ...