The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...

What that means is, a temple for the Emperor Tiberius, as part of the Imperial Cult. Thus, here we have, at Caesarea Maritima, a Roman Governor building a temple in honor of the Roman Emperor.

The pediment from the Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath is one of the best-known objects from Roman Britain. It originally looked down on people entering the temple precinct from a height of 12 metres.

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

was once the Roman capital of the land and became the location of a very famous Roman temple. Previously known in Latin as Camulodunum, ‘the fortress of cumulus, God of War,’ Colchester was a ...

The Serapeum, a Roman temple dedicated to an Egyptian deity exhibits the interchange of human values, as did the relocation of the Kybele meteorite to Rome, facilitated by the Attalids. Criterion (iii ...

The collection includes 405 wooden Roman tablets, Britain’s largest, with London's first recorded mention and gossipy messages from writing tablets.

the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum which houses artefacts from the Roman period. Roman Baths in Bath is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders ...

One of our cities, Colchester, was once the Roman capital of the land and became the location of a very famous Roman temple. Previously known in Latin as Camulodunum, ‘the fortress of cumulus, God of ...