Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

Nestled on the heights of Agrigento in Sicily, the Valley of the Temples stands as a majestic testament to the grandeur of ...

Nearly 35 years after his first Oscar win, Denzel Washington isn’t in it for the trophies. The 2x Oscar winner recently said he’s “been around too long” to be upset that his latest performance as ...

In recent decades, the West has witnessed a growing trend among increasingly hubristic US leaders to proclaim the US as ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...