Step inside the world of Ancient Rome with this 3D animation and discover how Roman temples worked, serving not only as ...

Chosen as young girls, the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, swore a 30-year vow of chastity and in turn were granted rights, privileges, and power unavailable to other women in Rome.

Roman worship was divided into the public and the private. Families would honor their household spirits while Rome had colleges of official priests to ensure that its actions met with divine approval.

Ancient Roman architecture is seen as a part of classical architecture and generally builds off of the three classical orders—Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric—which were developed in ancient Greece. Later ...

"(Ital.) Rome. Temple of Vesta, Rome. 12 x 8." A Catalogue of Paintings in the Gallery of D.W. Powers, Rochester, N.Y. with Explanations and Sketches of Painters by C ...

It's not every day that I'm faced with the chance to step back in time. I've long been fascinated with ancient Rome. A child of the ’80s, I was the little girl glued to the television every Saturday ...

A 55-inch wide sarcophagus and what appears to be an altar are seen in an underground chamber at the ancient Roman Forum. AP Photo / Andrew Medichini Rome wasn’t built in a day. And, according to myth ...

Envision wandering through the heart of ancient Rome, encompassed by the great demolishes that murmur stories of a former period. This was the truth for my mom and her companions back in 1981, as they ...