roman art

September 24, 2017
Even measured by a tumultuous and cruel time, Vitellius, born 24 September 15, was a terrible emperor despised by the Roman army, civilians, and Senate.

May 21, 2017
Castor and Pollux, whose astrological counterpart, Gemini, begins each year on 21 May, are important figures in Estruscan and Roman mythology and appear often in Italian art over the centuries.

April 30, 2017
IAS Seeks Dissertation Listings and CFPs DISSERTATION LISTINGS : Congratulations to the new PhDs graduating this spring and summer.

April 23, 2017
The Temple of Venus Eryx was dedicated on 23 April 215 BCE.

April 16, 2017
Though he had reigned only three months, Roman Emperor Marcus Salvius Otho had showed in this short time more wisdom and grace than anyone had expected when he committed suicide on 16 April 69 following defeat at the Battle of Bedriacum.

March 26, 2017
Eastern Roman Emperor Maurice proclaimed his son, Theodosius, co-emperor on 26 March 590.

February 27, 2017
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker Marino Marini was born on 27 February in 1901 in Pistoia.

November 27, 2016
On This Day in History (27 November 180) Commodus became Emperor of Rome.

November 27, 2016
On 27 November 111, Antinous (the man who became first the companion of the Emperor Hadrian) was Born.

October 29, 2016
On 29 October, 312, Constantine the Great entered Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge on the previous day.