Even the entertainment reeked. Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath games. At Rome’s Colosseum, a system of ropes and pulleys could lift as many as 100 ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it is known that he traveled from his home of Alexandria, Egypt, to Rome in ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rome has appointed a guarantor for animals, responsible for raising awareness for animal protection ...

Roman worship was divided into the public and ... or would carry out a ritual sacrifice of an animal before eating it. The Romans believed that their gods or spirits were actively involved in ...