According to modern ways of looking at things, the accession of Augustus or Julius Caesar'sassassination on the Ides of March 44 B.C.marks the official end of theRepublic of Rome. When Did the Republic Start Its Decline? The collapse of Republican Rome had been long and gradual. Some clai...
Light Above: A Bright Take on Architecture October 11, 2024 | Sponsored Content Scarborough Atrium. Image Courtesy of Kalwall The Pantheon in Rome is a true architectural masterpiece and holds the title of the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Among its most remarkable elements is...
Whether we actively attend church multiple times a week, begrudgingly once or twice a year, or once every ten years for one of life’s trinity of events: births, deaths, and marriages, while there we’re struck by the soaring arches, intricate stonework, and, on a sunny day, the spiritu...
According to modern ways of looking at things, the accession of Augustus or Julius Caesar'sassassination on the Ides of March 44 B.C.marks the official end of theRepublic of Rome. When Did the Republic Start Its Decline? The collapse of Republican Rome had been long and gradual. Some clai...
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History is probably the field where one can find most parallels between modern and ancient concepts of life and world. Why history? Because history is a continuous sequence of events, where context provides images of different individuals that we can imitate or, on the contrary, try to not imi...
Surrealism and metaphysical painting are probably not the first art movements that you associate with Rome. Even so, one of the great masters of these styles lived for a long time in the Italian capital. Giorgio de Chirico spent the last 30 years of his life on the Piazza di Spagna and ...
Curia Julia. In the 7th century the building was transformed into a church which ensured its preservation: church buildings from Ancient Rome were never demolished. It also helped that former dictator Mussolini was a great admirer of the Ancient Roman Empire. Thanks to him, numerous comprehensive ...
Gay Marriage Homosexuality Greece Rome Ancient Greece Antiquity Pederasty Ancient Greece 2010, Vol. 2 No. 02 Examining Greek Pederastic Relationships By Nicole Holmen Pederasty is an ancient Greek form of interaction in which members of the same sex would partake in the pleasures of an intellectual...
Jenn Beardsley-Although most Ancient Greek literature focused on male characters, a literary analysis of Homeric poetry reveals an inquisition of femininity, motherhood, and what it meant to be a woman in Ancient Greece. Throughout the epic The Iliad and its sequel The Odyssey, the...Keep Readi...