Who was St. Patrick and was he Italian? Historians have long debated his Roman lineage
He is the primary patron saint of Ireland, but was most likely born in Roman Britain and didn’t make it to the Emerald Isle ...
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Afghan delegation in Rome as Taliban raise flag in Qatar
(By Shelly Kittleson) (ANSA) - Rome, June 20 - In meeting with Italian ... group cut a celebratory ribbon and raised the well-known flag of the insurgency above a nameplate that reads 'The Islamic ...
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The Ancient Road That Connected Rome With Byzantium
The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...
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Ancient Rome
The cargo ship was found laden with hundreds of Roman pottery jars, most of which are intact. The house, featuring erotic art and bronze statues, was the epitome of wealth in ancient times.
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The Rev. Michael L. Pfleger: Why is St. Sabina flying the US flag upside down? America is in distress.
Flying the U.S. flag upside down is a symbol of distress ... Pfleger is the senior pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church in Chicago. Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor ...
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Rugby’s dangerous self-delusion
Francis Ford Coppola used Rome as the guiding metaphor for his lifelong project Megalopolis. Our legal language is packed with Latinate homage. OK! We get it! Ancient Rome dominates The Culture and ...
The Conversation22d
How Roman society integrated people who altered their bodies and defied gender norms
In the ancient Roman world, which I study, biological sex and gender expression did not always line up as neatly as the president is demanding to see in today’s government. In antiquity ...
Live Science22d
Ancient DNA reveals mysterious origins of the Huns who sacked Rome
The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds.
Greek Reporter23d
Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor Who Embraced Greek Philosophy
Alexander hailed from a Greco-Roman city in Asia Minor. In ancient Greece and Rome, grammarians were responsible for the second stage of a boy’s education. Accordingly, Alexander taught Marcus Greek ...
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Are Trump’s Actions ‘Unprecedented’? Here’s What Seven Historians Say
Still, he points to ancient Greece, and the commentary of Thucydides ... Lin finds a possible precursor to Trump in Julian the Apostate, emperor of Rome from 361 to 363 CE. Playing to a nostalgia ...
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This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Now a popular tourist destination along the Adriatic coast, Rimini—or Ariminum in ancient times—had been a major Roman town for centuries, and the modern city is strewn with monuments from ...