The Cultivated Classicist

Rome has been in the process of expanding its subway system for years now. The process is painfully slow (from the perspective of engineers...

Here in Milwaukee , we are no strangers to corporate sponsorship. Miller Park , home of the Milwaukee Brewers , bears the name of, you gues...

Recently there have been some amazing new discoveries in and around ancient Portus . A Roman amphitheater , an imperial residence, warehous...

Should Roman coins be considered looted artifacts? The U.S. government may soon decide that issue. Laws have been in place since 2007 reg...

A section of Nero 's Domus Aurea collapsed today leaving a gaping hole in the garden that sits above the buried structure. Luckily, t...

Aqueducts are among Ancient Rome's most famous engineering achievements. Today, many impressive ruins can be seen throughout the Roman...

Italy is at it again. This time their target is the famous ' Victorious Youth ,' currently located at the Getty Villa in Californi...

Art is meant to be seen. If you go to any art museum, you will see throngs of people examining all types of art, often contorting themselve...

When French archaeologists dug up a Roman bust from the bottom of the Rhone River in Arles , I was immediately sceptical about its identif...

"The main banquet hall was circular and constantly revolved day and night, like the heavens." -Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum This s...