It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, intimidation and brutality Caesar Augustus had been championing.

Let’s talk space rocks, folks. The placement and movement of planets and constellations in the birth chart offer insights ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they die?

It was an intense head-to-head between the Chaser and Chantal. The contestant was even taunted by the ITV host at one point, ...

Whether or not you can make it to the blockbuster exhibition on the artist now open at the Palazzo Barberini, here are a ...

We go around it, but in the end, we never actually climb the Capitoline Hill. On Rome's birthday, we invite all Romans to reach the square and discover a place that belongs to them. This year, ...

In 1910, Baron Jacques d’Adelswärd-Fersen, an opium-addicted French poet (whose neo-Classical villa attracts tourists today), staged a human sacrifice to the ancient Roman sun god Mithras.

A spectacular stone head, possibly representing a bearded male deity, has been discovered in the archaeological area of the ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

1. Caecilia – Blind 2. Cassius – Empty, or vain 3. Claudia – Lame, or limping 4. Cornelia – Horn 5. Crispin – Curly-haired 6.