antiquity

November 23, 2015
Secret pagan basilica in Rome emerges from the shadows after 2,000 years

April 8, 2015
Septimius Severus was proclaimed emperor of Rome by his troops on 9 April 193 CE, just two days before his 48th birthday.

March 3, 2015
Italian architect, engineer, and author Tommaso Temanza was born on 3 March 1705 in Venice.

February 19, 2014
oupacademic : Janus’s famous ‘double visage’ gave way to Janus words, also known as contronyms – words that have two opposite meanings.

December 12, 2013
The Dying Gaul: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome opens today at the National Gallery of Art.

October 29, 2013
Speleologists (those who study caves) have mapped the eleven aqueducts built by Roman engineers to supply the ancient city with fresh water.

September 1, 2013
Martin Bailey reports in The Art Newspaper that Unesco has warned Italy that Pompeii will be placed on its “World Heritage in Danger” list unless immediate action is taken to halt degradation and preserve the site.

August 30, 2013
Silvia Mazza reports in the Art Newspaper that the Riace Bronze Warriors are to go back on display in January 2014 after a six-year hiatus.

August 26, 2013
Patricia Cohen reports in the New York Times , and Helen Stoilas, in The Art Newspaper , that the formerly cancelled exhibition of Sicilian antiquities will proceed at the Cleveland Museum of Art Sunday, September 29, 2013 to Sunday, January 5, 2014.

August 20, 2013
On this day in 79 CE, small earthquakes started taking place around Mt.