As we mentioned in a previous article, only one percent of all the literature produced by the Romans in Antiquity…
Ancient Rome
Hippika gymnasia, the Roman cavalry tournaments
We are used, thanks to literature and cinema, to the image of medieval horsemen engaged in chivalry tournaments. Although this…
When Emperor Hadrian destroyed the world’s longest bridge
On 103 A.D. emperor Trajan ordered to build a bridge over Danube river to be used for the crossing and…
Lapis Niger, the shrine where the first known Latin inscription was found, was already a mystery to the Romans themselves
In 1898 the Venetian archaeologist Giacomo Boni was appointed director of the excavations of the Roman Forum at the Italian…
The 5 Great Last Battles of the Western Roman Empire
Historically, the year 476 A.D. is considered to be the end of the Western Roman Empire, its last emperor being…
Priscus of Panium, the Roman historian who attended a banquet with Attila
The breakthrough of the Huns in Europe shook the foundations of the Roman Empire, which did not hesitate to nickname…
When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.
Archimedes was probably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. He was born in the Sicilian city of Syracuse in 287 B.C.,…
