Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it ...

The Dioscuri, the Ancient Roman statues of demigods Castor and Pollux that have welcomed visitors to Rome's Campidoglio ...

The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom ... century view of the Capitoline Hill from the Farnese ...

Ancient Rome was followed, from the 4th century on ... mosaic and sculptural decorations (like the Capitoline Hill and the Farnese and Quirinale Palaces, the Ara Pacis, the Major Basilicas of Saint ...

We go around it, but in the end, we never actually climb the Capitoline Hill. On Rome's birthday, we invite all Romans to reach the square and discover a place that belongs to them. This year ...

There is the exceedingly obvious vernacular of Washington DC (the Capitol from the Capitoline Hill, the Senate from ... We get it! Ancient Rome dominates The Culture and the political realm.

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ... finishing at Capitoline Hill. Prisoners trudged in chains before ...

It was the first theatre ever to be constructed in ancient Rome and marked the beginning of the city’s increasingly lavish entertainment culture. Located in the Campus Martius, just behind the ...

It is important to clarify that, in Ancient Rome, the term dictator did not carry the negative ... Ahala stationed his men at strategic points throughout the city, particularly on the Capitoline Hill ...

The Campidoglio, or Capitoline Hill, may have been the smallest of the seven hills but it was the power hub of the ancient world. Rome isn’t well served with parks; if you’re feeling the need ...

The halls of the Philadelphia convention in 1787 echoed repeatedly with usable lessons from the Roman republic and ancient ... after Capitoline Hill, an effort to somehow invoke eternal Rome.