Tag: Rome

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Pax Romana (“Roman Peace”) was a political slogan of great importance. It was introduced after the civil wars but not immediately after the Battle

Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers conduct scientific investigations regarding the remains of two apostles St. Philip and St. James the Younger. A Roman church has since the

Don Wood – MessageToEagle.com – A huge sinkhole opened up unexpectedly in Rome revealing ancient streets around the Pantheon, a former Roman temple, now a Catholic church. The

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Constantinople became a new Rome, and the Emperor Constantine the Great celebrated the inauguration of his new capital city, and the name of

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – The seventh and the last king of Rome was Tarquin the Proud, who reigned between 535 BC–509 BC. Tarquin – a tyrant noted

MessageToEagle.com – Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius – (237-183 BC) was Roman general and the greatest of the famous Roman family of the Scipios, aristocrats and militaries that commanded

MessageToEagle.com – On November 1, 1512, the beautiful ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope

MessageToEagle.com – A message from the Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini lies underneath a giant obelisk in Rome, a new archival research has discovered. Written on parchment in Latin,

A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Under the city of Rome, there is a maze of long-forgotten ancient passages and temples; there are millennia-old underground burial chambers, which remember

MessageToEagle.com – On July 1, 69, Vespasian was elected the Roman Emperor. This historical event took place during the troublesome period after the death of Nero, in which

MessageToEagle.com – Nero was the notoriously brutal Roman Emperor, responsible for the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution of the early Christians, and the murder of his

MessageToEagle.com – The Ara Pacis or Altar of the Augustan Peace, in Rome was built to celebrate the return of Augustus (63 BC – 14 CE) from his campaigns

MessageToEagle.com – On March 15, 44 BC., Roman Dictator Julius Caesar was  assassinated, not in the Senate but in a meeting room adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey. The

MessageToEagle.com – What was a ‘triumvirate’ in ancient Rome? Triumvirate (Latin tresviri or triumviri), was a board of three officials who shared a position of authority or power

MessageToEagle.com – One glance at the giant hand is enough to recognize it was once part of a true masterpiece created by ancient builders. The hand belonged most

MessageToEagle.com – The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy. The monument is the only surviving structure of a series of similar ones existing in