Spanish Steps, staircase in Rome’s Piazza de Spagna that climbs the steep slope between the plaza and the church of Trinita dei Monti above. It consists of 135 steps and was built between 1723 and 1725. Though it was funded with a bequest left by a Fren
It represents both the glorious achievement, and at times contemptible, behavior of mankind. In the matter of just a few centuries, Rome grew from a very small village in central Italy to the absolute dominant power of the entire Italian peninsula. In a few more centuries, the Roman Empire'...
What is the Appian Way? The Appian Way, also known as Via Appia, is an ancient Roman road. It has a significant place in history due to its role in connecting Rome with its distant provinces in southern Italy. The Appian Way was the first and most famous of the Roman roads, ...
At President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, in March, First Lady Jill Biden wore a… Audio World Famous Shipwreck Found March 18, 2022 The historic remains of the ship Endurance have been found nearly 10,000 feet beneath the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. Explorer Ernest ...
The fountain took 30 years to complete, and it was financed with money garnered from the Roman lottery. The end result is a fountain with a variety of influences that, with its imagery, location, and history, is undoubtedly one of the most striking and beautiful in Rome. ...
Internal Struggles in the Late Republic Julius Caesar’s Rise From Caesar to Augustus Age of the Roman Emperors Decline and Disintegration Roman Architecture Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its pe...
In 1695 he addressed a poem to King William; and this poem brought him into notice with the Government of the day. Not long after, he received a pension of £300 a-year, to enable him to travel; and he spent some time in France and Italy. The chief result of this tour was a ...
Chapter 3: Examines the reigns of Claudius and Nero. Claudius surprised everyone by taking Rome to its greatest heights yet, only to be brought down by his third wife Messalina and the seemingly unkillable Agrippina the Younger, the mother of his successor, the psychopathic Nero. 2024 • ...
The urgency of the plot was not only the fact that Caesar was expected to leave Rome for Parthia on March 18, but that Caesar was expected to be named King of all the Roman provinces outside of Italy. The apparent leader of the plot was Gaius Cassius Longinus, the Praetor Peregrinus in...
Carthage sent troops to the area, and Rome, now fearing Carthaginian dominance of Sicily, quickly changed their minds and entered into an alliance with the Mamertines. In 264 BC, Roman legions crossed out of Italy for the first time, landed in Sicily, and opened the first Punic War. The...