Romulus killed Remus. It’s not a siblinghood that went ... It is true that there was a monarchical past in ancient Rome, although the Republic ruled for centuries before Octavian reigned as ...

You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC. The babies were added in ...

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard One of the world’s foremost classicists, Mary Beard has written a number of fantastic books on Roman history. SPQR (which references the ...

The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery.

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.

The first celebration dates back to ancient Roman times ... god of agriculture Faunus as well as the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. Then, in the Middle Ages, English poet Geoffrey Chaucer ...

You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC. The babies were added in ...