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Archaeologists Discover Engraved Gold Offering to Jupiter Dolichenu, a War God Revered by Roman Soldiers
The votive plaque was found amid the ruins of an ancient Roman fortress. Researchers think a temple dedicated to the mysterious deity may have stood nearby ...
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These notorious Roman emperors became ghostly legends
(Some historians are rethinking Nero's dark legacy.) But death did little to diminish Nero’s presence in Roman memory. Early Christians, persecuted under his reign, cast him as the Antichrist ...
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
Many of the most famous Roman gods weren’t even Roman at all but ... She had power over life and death, as seen in the myth when Osiris was killed by his brother Seth then chopped into pieces ...
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What was life like in ancient Rome?
Before then, Christians got into trouble because they refused to worship the emperor as a god. Some Christians were arrested and put to death. At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire ...
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'Lord, make them die an awful death': Prisoner's dark pleas found etched into Roman-era prison
An archaeologist in Corinth, Greece, has identified the remains of a Roman prison — one of the ... pleas for the prisoner’s release. "Lord God and pure justice, ransom from this place the ...