“Rome is not just our past, it is our future. We must look to her to see where we have been and understand where we are heading.”
Pietro Mascagni’s opera “”Rustic Chivalry”premieres in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi
Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance
Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome (306-37), dies at 47
A Roman fresco from the ancient city of Pompeii was among the items in a 20-million-strong collection lost to a massive fire which destroyed Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.
A bust of the great, Roman Emperor Hadrian has been excavated at the archaeological site of Los Torrejones in the Region of Murcia in Spain where archaeological digs were conducted last year. Though discovered between October and December of 2014, the bust was only unveiled to the public recently.
Whilst the B.I.R.H has no political or religious views, we cannot be silent on the events of the last few days that have occured in Mosul, Iraq. The destruction of libaries, museums and ancient works goes against evrything we stand for. It is beyond belief that in this day and age, such a notion, such […]
Traces of red painted numbers have been found on the arches of the Colosseum during the ongoing $33 million restoration work aimed at repairing damage suffered by the 2,000-year-old monument since the Middle Ages. Similar to today’s stadium seating systems, the numbers — written according to the system used in ancient Rome, using letters of […]
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