There is a story about the Vestal Virgins that illuminates the religion of ancient Rome. It comes from 390 BC, when things ...

Twins in ancient Greece and Rome were seen as divine signs or dangerous omens, revealing deep cultural fears about birth, ...

Archaeological evidence suggests the existence of "Gladiatrix," female gladiators who competed in ancient Rome.

Not where you’d expect to find it. At one point, the Roman Empire reached from one end of the European continent to the other. Roman cultural heritage similarly spread across the territory, sometimes ...