An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

Archaeologists in a new discovery unearthed a “megalography” in the ruins of Pompeii that has revealed the wilder side of the ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare ...

The narrative draws from the ancient Greek play The Bacchae, written by Euripides in 405 BCE, wherein Dionysus descends on ...

For Frieze Masters 2023 – Frieze London’s more historically minded arm – designers Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer of Roman and Williams present an exhibition concept that references their design ...

It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column. In back-to-back wars fought between A.D. 101 and 106, the emperor Trajan mustered tens of thousands of Roman troops ...

An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or ... of great fascination to the wider populace. In 186 BC, the Roman Senate banned the rites, known as Bacchanalia, on moral grounds ...