Cupid, the ancient Roman god of love, is a universal symbol of Valentine’s Day who has inspired artists for centuries. Often appearing as a winged infant in artists’ depictions, carrying a bow and a ...

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored ...

Margaret Clunies Ross receives funding from The Australian Research Council. When the Germanic-speaking peoples of western Europe adopted the seven-day week, which was probably in the early centuries ...

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 ...

Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A mysterious relief of a completely unknown Roman god was recently unearthed in Gaziantep, Turkey ...

Ancient curses invoking the wrath of the gods have been discovered in a series of mysterious graves beneath a historic hospital. Excavations at the former Porte Madeleine hospital in Orléans, France, ...

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