Despite their lack of modern means of transportation, the Romans traveled to and even conquered much of the world. They eventually made it all the way to Asia, but did they know about China...
Category: Roman Empire
Norsemen beat Christopher Columbus to the Americas by almost 500 years. If the Vikings could do it, maybe earlier European cultures could, as well. For instance, did the Romans discover...
Because stories of the ancient Greek and Roman gods still exist today and literary works like Metamorphoses, The Iliad, and The Odyssey were written in that period, the Romans obviously had some way...
When most people think of "ancient times," they often picture rudimentary tools made from crude stone and rough wood, houses of bare branches held together with twine and dung, and utensils made from...
Today, tattoos are all over the place; many musicians, artists, and rebellious teenagers have them, but so do teachers, doctors, engineers, and even priests. But tattoos aren’t strictly 20th- and...
Julius Caesar is the most iconic of all Roman leaders. He was charismatic, eloquent, a military genius, and a skilled politician. He made many enemies as he rose to power, but he was careful to...