Those interested can revisit the Roman empire during a yearlong lecture series from Mentor Public Library. The series launches with a lecture about Rome’s transition from republic to empire at 6:30 ...

Andrew Wilson, a professor of the archaeology of the Roman Empire at Oxford, kicked off the classics department's Balmuth Lecture Series last night by offering new insights into the Roman economy.

UCSB Arts & Lectures has announced the creation of the Roman Baratiak Endowed Lecture Fund in support of an annual mainstage lecture honoring the legacy of Roman Baratiak. Baratiak’s 44 years of ...

Daniel Voshart, a designer in Toronto, used machine learning and Photoshop to transform busts of Roman emperors into photorealistic images. Voshart wanted to present the emperors as they would have ...

Vedius Pollio liked feeding people to lampreys. According to an urban legend that circulated in Imperial Rome, the emperor Augustus saved one of Pollio’s slaves from this grisly fate and punished ...

If you’ve ever set foot in a Greek and Roman art museum, you’ve probably seen the rows of tranquil-looking concrete busts. They do, however, have no pupils in the eyes, lack any sort of color, and in ...

Dr. J. B. Carter, Director of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, will deliver the first of a series of eight free public lectures on "The Religious Life of the Romans from the ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...

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