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

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

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...

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

This day of love, Valentine’s Day, is a real oxymoron with a sordid history of beheadings, blood sacrifices, Roman, Greek and ...

To many of us, Valentine’s Day brings up memories of Valentine cards in school, fun times and often gifts of flowers. For ...

This is likely a nod to the “Lupa Capitolina,” a female wolf who symbolized Rome alongside its folkloric founders, Romulus and Remus. The bad romance between Musk and Ancient Rome had reemerged.

According to Roman mythology, the city of Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BCE, by Romulus, a half-god who vanquished his twin brother Remus to become ... to the Sahara. Ancient Rome wasn ...