AMMAN — Following the intervention of Roman general Pompey the Great (106 BC-48 BC) in the Levant, Gerasa (Jerash) and Philadelphia (Amman) were integrated into a new province in the autumn of 63 BC, ...

The second lecture of the Zube lecture series featured Dr. Lara Roman, a research ecologist working with the United States Forest Service, who delivered a lecture titled “Dynamic landscapes: Tree ...

Τhe “Studies in Hellenic Culture” programme of the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) is organising the Fifth Cycle of the Lecture Series in Late Antiquity, titled: “When our world became Christian”. The ...

Troy was of immense importance in the dynastic politics of the Middle Ages, with all the major polities claiming their origins in a Trojan founder. The Roman de Troie (c. 1165) was a French verse ...

Roman Polanski, in his native Poland to pick up an award and present his new drama, “An Officer and a Spy,” canceled a lecture Saturday at his alma mater after some students and employees at the film ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Presented by the Bobby and Judy Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State’s annual Classical Week returns Tuesday [Sept. 24] with the first performance of the famous Roman comedy ...

The Faculty of Humanities is set to host its second event as a British Academy lecture hub. On Tuesday, 2 May 2023 the University will welcome Colin Adams, Professor of ancient history at the ...

I am honored to give a lecture named after Russell Kirk, who told us to ponder the permanent things, such as history and human nature. It is about human nature and history that I want to speak to you ...

Stealing from a sanctuary was one of the worst crimes a Roman could commit. A temple robber was a creature of insatiable greed who risked angering the gods to satisfy his desires. Our image of what ...