As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state ...

Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods ... ancient statues in sterile ...

Ancient manuscripts detailing the events ... evidence that will rock any non-believer At the time, the Roman Empire was worshiping gods and adding more foreign deities into its religious system ...

The Romans invasion of Britain in 43 AD brought new influences, and their own gods ... old pagan ways. The old Druidic order was smashed in 60 AD when its stronghold of Anglesey was invaded by the ...

An essay by Marianne Bonz describing the myriad of religious options available in the Roman Empire. Bonz is managing editor of Harvard Theological Review. She received a doctorate from Harvard ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

That wall is pretty impressive. Well, there we are, a taster of British Roman history in a matter of minutes. The Romans had lots of different gods and goddesses. There were gods for almost ...

The cavalry helmet was not alone. Among the artifacts, archeologists recovered a trove of over 5,000 Iron Age and Roman coins, silver bowls, and hundreds of animal bones linked to ceremonial ...

225-228), whom Professor Pearson identifies as real: "An ancient gold coin proves that a third century Roman emperor written out of history as a fictional character really did exist, APA reports, ...