Numbers, please! Shortest month of the year – How February came to have 28 days
The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...
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Caligula killed a king of Roman Morocco over a purple cloak
The Roman historian reports that in AD 40, Caligula ordered the execution of the Mauretanian king for «no other reason than when giving a gladiatorial show, he noticed that Ptolemy, on entering ...
Hundreds of gold and silver coins buried 2,000 years ago unearthed by metal detectorists in the Netherlands
Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix: The Roman Dictator Who Destroyed Athens
Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.
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A typical Roman temple
Roman worship was divided into the public and ... was always the emperor. The king of sacred things The rex sacrorum, meaning “king of sacred things” was a patrician appointed for life and ...
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Hundreds of 2,000-Year-Old Gold and Silver Coins Unearthed in Netherlands
Archaeologists have uncovered 2000-year-old gold and silver coins in Netherlands, marking the largest Roman-era discovery in ...
Metal detectorists stumble on 2,000-year-old Roman treasure in Netherlands. Take a look
In total, the treasure trove included 404 coins. Most of these were Roman silver denarii minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D., ...
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Over 400 gold and silver Roman-era coins unearthed in the Netherlands depict rulers from Rome, Britain and Africa
These gold coins included 72 Roman aurei dating from 19 B.C. to A.D. 47, as well as 44 gold alloy coins, called staters, that were minted in Britain. The staters included the name of the Celtic king ...