The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...

Here is the temple of Roma and Augustus, which also figures heavily in Roman religion for the subjects of empire. Local deities specific to a town, modest shrines, colossal temples like the ...

This episode explores how Roman rulers transitioned from political leaders to divine figures worshipped across the empire. While earlier episodes focused on Roman and Greek religious roots, we now ...

Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

The relief depicts a woman, identified by archaeologists as the goddess Victoria, or Victory, according to the release. The counterpart to Greek goddess Nike, Victoria personified victory and was ...

The wealthy citizens who owned houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum would have known well the stories of Helen of Troy, Paris, Cassandra and Apollo, the Roman god of arts — all of whom are depicted ...

Titled “Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudii” (“The ‘Pumpkinification’ of the Deified Claudius”), it recounts how the Roman Senate declared that the dead Emperor was now a god, complete with ...