Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Researchers have paired this garden with one mentioned in the writings of Philo of Alexandria ... of this site. From Rome to Ostia to Tivoli, these ancient Roman sites in Italy are a testament ...

A tetradrachm bears the face of Zenobia, minted in Alexandria around A.D. 274, the likely year of her death. From the outset, Odaenathus claimed to be acting on Rome’s behalf, but it soon became ...

Born in 30 BC to a wealthy Jewish family in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, he was an important spokesman for Jews throughout the Roman Empire. Under the Emperor Augustus, Jews in Rome were ...

Constructing elaborate rural houses away from the heat and bustle of Rome was nothing new among ... Named for the ancient city near Alexandria in Egypt, the Canopus’s 390-foot-long pool is ...

The map below shows the location of Alexandria and Rome. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Antony and Cleopatra fled back to Alexandria but, within a year, the city was besieged by Roman soldiers. Rather than be captured and taken to Rome as prisoners, the two lovers committed suicide.