A listener comments on a review of the movie Brokeback Mountain and its portrayal of gay men in America. A tongue-in-cheek essay by Diane Roberts about ancient Romans annoyed by non-Saturnalia holiday ...

Discover how ancient Roman customs shaped Italian wedding traditions from engagement rings to bridal veils and superstitions surrounding marriage in May ...

French authorities are investigating a man who allegedly found 27,400 archaeological artifacts – including more than 14,000 Roman coins. In September 2019, the French national said he had discovered ...

The Goths, a group of Germanic tribes, were famed for being fierce adversaries of the Roman Empire. Detailed accounts of their “barbaric” conquests — and their infamous sacking of Rome in 410 A.D. — ...