Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman ... to a long-haired and somewhat effeminate adolescent with exotic attributes, throughout most of his history his essential ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

That wall is pretty impressive. Well, there we are, a taster of British Roman history in a matter of minutes. The Romans had lots of different gods and goddesses. There were gods for almost ...

Research shows that statues were impregnated with fragrances, challenging the perception of sculpture as a purely visual art ...

Some of the main gods and goddesses in Roman religion were Jupiter ... were also a popular type of performance in amphitheatres. Exotic animals such as lions, panthers and elephants showed ...