Ancient Rome Archive
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When analyzing 2,500-year-old medical texts, scientists were surprised to discover dementia was hardly mentioned at all. Everything indicates memory loss was more or
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working within the Colosseum Archaeological Park’s research project, have unearthed some rooms of a luxurious domus dated to the late Republican age. Image
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Baths of Caracalla are undoubtedly among imperial Rome's most ambitious architectural masterpieces. Aerial view of Baths of Caracalla. Credit: Adobe Stock -
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Pax Romana ("Roman Peace") was a political slogan of great importance. It was introduced after the civil wars but not immediately after
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the Late Viking Age, a grave was built that looks very similar to one of the most spectacular graves of the Roman
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pillars of victory, also known as memorial columns, were occasionally erected to memorize the triumphs of victorious achievements of an emperor. They were
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius – (237-183 BC) was a Roman general and the greatest of the famous Roman family of the Scipios, aristocrats,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vercingetorix was among the best-known and greatest Gallic leaders. He was a militant leader who courageously challenged Julius Caesar. He lost his battle but
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The seventh and last king of Rome was Tarquin the Proud, who reigned between 535 BC–509 BC. Tarquin - a tyrant noted for
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Frumentarii' was a special military elite in Roman Empire that served as the emperor's secret police. At the turn of the second and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Roman Forum (in Latin: Forum Romanum) was the center of Rome's most important political and social events during the republican period. It is
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Ancus Marcius, (677 to 617 BC), was the descendant of a man who was a good friend to Rome’s second and beloved King
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AncientPages.com - After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with a
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The history of newspapers goes far back in time. The first proto-newspaper appeared as early as 131 B.C. It was an ancient Roman
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Women have always highly regarded lipstick as the primary and most popular beauty tool of all time. Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last active
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Recently, archaeologists in Pompeii discovered yet another 2,000-year-old well-preserved frescoed fast food counter used by the Romans. In our earlier article on AncientPages we described
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While pulque (“Drink of the Gods”) is Mexico’s oldest alcoholic beverage of the Maya, Aztecs, Huastec and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica, posca
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The head of a statue dated to the 3rd century AD and believed to depict Roman Emperor Aurelian (250 – 275 AD) have been discovered at the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - According to historians, political debates in ancient Rome were conducted with great harshness and personal attacks, which were comparable to examples of hate speech on the internet.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Legends say Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome, but he was not a warrior king but a statesman and politician. Numa
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Spreading Christianity in ancient Rome and gaining new followers was not an easy task. Pagans and Emperors alike were opponents of the new faith.
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Rome, religion formed an integral and vital part of everyday life. People were convinced that gods were in control of everything that
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - If you lived in ancient Rome, you would think twice before putting on your pants. To ancient Romans, trousers were the ultimate symbol
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are investigating how and why so many people in ancient Rome died of lead poisoning. Some have suggested lead poisoning led to the fall of the
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - We think the bikini is a modern fashion invention. Still, there is evidence ancient Roman women were familiar with two-piece garments already in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Roman imperial triumphal arches symbolized the empire's power and greatness of the emperor. The arches were decorated with beautiful historical scenes commemorating the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Often called the "philosopher on the throne" or the "philosopher-emperor," Marcus Aurelius (121 AD - 180 AD) was a powerful Roman Emperor who ruled
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115 B.C. —53 BC.) was a Roman general and politician. Today, he is remembered as the wealthiest man in
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The history of the world’s oldest pay toilets can be traced to ancient Rome. Emperor Vespasian was not only the founder of the Flavian
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AncientPages.com - Located in the heart of Rome, on the Via dei Fori Imperiali opposite to the Colosseum Trajan’s market was the world’s first known shopping mall. It was
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Have you ever wondered where the word salary comes from? The word salary can be traced to ancient Rome and the history of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Bjorn Ironside was the son of the famous Sea King Ragnar Lodbrok. Bjorn Ironside is today remembered for his cunning tactics when his Viking warriors captured
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Pax Romana (‘Roman Peace’) was a period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire which lasted for over 200 years, beginning
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AncientPages.com - The Agora was a large open place meeting place surrounded by buildings. The word Agora means “gathering place” or “assembly”. In ancient Greece it was common practice
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For over 700 years, ancient Romans bought a variety of defixiones – curse tablets to cast evil spells on anyone and anything. Ancient
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ara Pacis, or Altar of the Augustan Peace, in Rome, was built to celebrate the return of Augustus (63 BC – 14
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Mithradates VI Of Pontus (120-63 BCE), often referred to as the Poison King, was a brilliant toxicologist. He was obsessed with poison and
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Going out on the streets of ancient Rome after dark was a very dangerous thing. By the first century BC, the time of Julius Caesar, ancient
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to an ancient legend, Rome was founded in 753 BC and the first two centuries of existence have passed under the rule of
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