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Virgil reading The Aeneid before Augustus, Livia and Octavia, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1812) Toulouse, Musée des Augustins (Public Domain) — 11 Sep 2023

When In Rome: Legends - Fact Or Fiction, Does It Matter?

By Robert Garland

Mythology & Mystery

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The Greeks exhibited an amazing aptitude for fashioning myths about gods and heroes. Not so the Romans, who failed to produce an independent mythological tradition. But what the Romans did excel at was in shaping legends about the men and women who...
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Virgil reading The Aeneid before Augustus, Livia and Octavia, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1812) Toulouse, Musée des Augustins (Public Domain) — 11 Sep 2023

When In Rome: Legends - Fact Or Fiction, Does It Matter?

By Robert Garland

Mythology & Mystery

0

The Greeks exhibited an amazing aptitude for fashioning myths about gods and heroes. Not so the Romans, who failed to produce an independent mythological tradition. But what the Romans did excel at was in shaping legends about the men and women who...
Read More

Roman Street Scene by Ettore Forti (late 19th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Sep 2023

Matrons, Plebeians And Prostitutes, The Women Of Ancient Rome

By Lynda Telford

History & Tradition

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Rome was the very essence of a male dominated society, being militaristic, proud, go-getting and determined on expansion. The man of the house, the Paterfamilias, was the head of the family with absolute control over his wife and children, and in...
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Roman Street Scene by Ettore Forti (late 19th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Sep 2023

Matrons, Plebeians And Prostitutes, The Women Of Ancient Rome

By Lynda Telford

History & Tradition

0

Rome was the very essence of a male dominated society, being militaristic, proud, go-getting and determined on expansion. The man of the house, the Paterfamilias, was the head of the family with absolute control over his wife and children, and in...
Read More

The Precarious Fates of Rome’s Vestal Virgins — 27 Dec 2019

The Precarious Fates of Rome’s Vestal Virgins

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The fate of Rome depended upon the chastity of the Vestal virgins and their transgressions could lead to live entombment. In the first century BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the richest and most powerful Roman citizens, nearly lost his...
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The Precarious Fates of Rome’s Vestal Virgins — 27 Dec 2019

The Precarious Fates of Rome’s Vestal Virgins

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The fate of Rome depended upon the chastity of the Vestal virgins and their transgressions could lead to live entombment. In the first century BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the richest and most powerful Roman citizens, nearly lost his...
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The Sacrifice of Vestal by Alessandro Marchesini (1710s) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 19 Aug 2019

Keepers of the Sacred Flame from Ancient Rome to India

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The ability to ignite, maintain and control fire was a dramatic and powerful development in the habits of early humans and changed mankind’s quality of existence forever. Fire generates heat and made it possible for people to cook food, it...
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The Sacrifice of Vestal by Alessandro Marchesini (1710s) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 19 Aug 2019

Keepers of the Sacred Flame from Ancient Rome to India

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

0

The ability to ignite, maintain and control fire was a dramatic and powerful development in the habits of early humans and changed mankind’s quality of existence forever. Fire generates heat and made it possible for people to cook food, it...
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