Ancient Romans had a seemingly predictable diet for pre-refrigeration days made up of mostly cereals, legumes and meats with ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

The salute was first used during the French Revolution by The National Assembly, who were inspired by a Roman painting. “The ...

The salute, incidentally, was definitely not Roman, despite what you may have seen in Gladiator II and other sword and sandals sagas. Classical scholars are adamant that there’s no historical record ...

Some described it as a “Roman salute,” which has historical roots in ancient Rome but has since been appropriated by various political movements. Others believed it was simply an awkward ...

SUMMARY Slavery was integral to Roman society, and slaves outnumbered citizens in Rome. There were many routes to slavery, including as prisoners of war, selling oneself into slavery, or being born a ...

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ... Roman Theatre and the Great Colonnade, and raised his hand in a victory salute.

As the new administration took charge of the United States this past week, we’ve seen may new policies and ideals take center ...

suggests that the “Roman salute” is a modern invention. There is no historical evidence that a similar gesture was used in ancient Rome, and no statues of Roman emperors or commanders depict the ...

Musk aggressively thumped his open palm onto his upper chest and—to the shock of millions of viewers around the Western world—delivered a Roman, or fascist, salute.

During the short life of this city-state, D’Annunzio established a number of symbols and gestures that he claimed were derived from ancient Rome: the battle cry, purportedly of Roman origin, “alalà” ...