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Wikimedia Claire Ferguson, University of Tasmania Learning about lesbians from ancient Roman texts is hard. For one thing, most sources we have were written by men, and were largely about men (and how they perceived women). But Roman lesbians did exist. So uncovering what they were like – and what place they may have held…
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William Dent depicts Cerberus, the Hound of Hades – a three-headed dog symbolising gluttony – as composed of the heads of politicians Charles Fox, Lord North and Edmund Burke. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, Accession Number B1981.25.1573 Callum Smith, Aberystwyth University Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has brought Homer’s epic tale back to…
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Dice players in a mosaic panel from Thysdrus, Tunisia, Roman 2nd century CE. DeAgostini/Getty Images Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia Australia is once again debating how gambling should be regulated, particularly the reach of online betting and gambling advertising. The arguments may sound modern, but the problem is not. Ancient Greeks and Romans…
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IN THE NEWS … 120 Roman-Era Inscriptions Found Deep in a Spanish Cave Point to a Mysterious Goddess Named ‘Domina’ Ancient Roman firehouse may have been found near Rome’s famed Colosseum | Fox News Hyksos-era complex – The Past Marina el-Alamein tombs – The Past ‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists…
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rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November eighth) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and…
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