Roman statesman Marcus Cicero’s admiration for Ancient Greece is a nuanced but revealing part of his intellectual and ...

Journalist Thomas Ricks, author of the new book, "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country." photo credit, Alessandro Vulcano) The ...

The Greek historian Polybius, who resisted Rome and was taken hostage, wrote the story of the Roman Republic's rise.

Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ...

Roman mythology was heavily influenced by Ancient Greece, but the Romans reshaped the gods to reflect their own values and society. While many deities shared similar roles, their personalities and ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

Here again the naive domestic scene in Homer is charged in Chapman with a certain half-tragic meaning. This, we think, completes the short catalogue of Homer’s indirect reference to childhood, and the ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...

The Roman Empire set up many of the structures on which the civilisation of modern Europe depends. It's no wonder the Romans can fire our imaginations, but what values did they hold, to help them to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ...