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View of the Capitol and the Forum Romanum in Rome during ancient times. Visual reconstruction. Woodcut engraving, published in 1881.

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored.

Mosaic at the Villa Romana del Casale, a large Roman villa where over 3000 sq. meters of Roman mosaics have been revealed. The villa and its artworks, dating to the early 4th century AD, have been...

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored. Gaius Cilnius Maecenas was an ally, friend and political advisor to Octavian as well as an important patron for the...

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored.

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored.

This temple is known as the Temple of Hera Lacinia or Juno . The temple was not in fact dedicated to Hera/Juno and got the name due to an error by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder. It was built by...

Agrigento, Girgenti, the Temple of Juno Lacinia Sicily, Italy, Painting by William Stanley Haseltine, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored.

Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, most important temple in Ancient Rome, located...

Aerial view of the Piazza della Rotonda with the Pantheon and City Buildings, Rome.

Genetic history of Italy and the various ethnic groups that have contributed to the modern Italian gene pool.

Genetic admixture analysis of ancient genomes from Bronze Age & Iron Age Italy, including from the Etruscans, Latins and Greeks.

In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. They were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or in some variations the demi-god hero Hercules) and their...

The ancient Romans had a rich mythology and, while much of it was derived from their neighbors and predecessors, the Greeks, it still defined the rich history of the Roman people as they eventually...

In the late 6th century BCE, the small city-state of Rome overthrew the shackles of monarchy and created a republican government that, in theory if not always in practice, represented the wishes of...

Domitian was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96 CE and his reign, although one of relative peace and stability, became engulfed in both fear and paranoia. His death at the hands of those who were closest to...

The Pax Romana (Roman Peace) was a period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire which lasted for over 200 years, beginning with the reign of Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE). The aim of Augustus...

The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the...

Augustus Caesar (27 BCE - 14 CE) was the name of the first and, by most accounts, greatest Roman emperor. Augustus was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus on 23 September 63 BCE. Octavian was adopted by his...

According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another...

Gaius Julius Caesar was born 12 July 100 BCE (though some cite 102 as his birth year). His father, also Gaius Julius Caesar, was a Praetor who governed the province of Asia and his mother, Aurelia Cotta...