The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years ...

The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer Ataysin, an ...

Ryan Gravenberch and Virgil van Dijk – two more of his compatriots – were in the starting line-up for Liverpool, while head coach Arne Slot is also Dutch. Ajax might be hesitant to part ways with Hato ...

Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c.70 BC-c. 8 BC) was a Roman politician and patron of the poets Virgil and Horace. His name was synonymous with ideal literary patronage in the 18th century – Wheatley’s time.

Neoclassical writers such as René Rapin, who published his Reflections on Aristotle’s Treatise on Poetry in 1674, massaged Aristotle’s ideas to align more closely to the Roman poet Horace’s ...

Liverpool showed a little of their famed squad depth during a routine win over Lille on Tuesday. With a busy fixture schedule in progress, the Reds rotated a number of key players out of the team for ...

Virgil van Dijk is hoping lessons have been learnt by Liverpool from last season’s slip-ups as they tussle it out for four trophies this term. But they crashed out of the Europa League at the ...

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