This Roman metal fitment ... by their bringing their gods from Rome to the edge of the empire. They sometimes combined Minerva with the local equivalent goddess, ever open to new gods and happy ...

With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a remarkable ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge ... Image caption, A statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom. They also borrowed new gods from the people they conquered ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge ... Image caption, A statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom. They also borrowed new gods from the people they conquered ...

Charms of this type are generally referred to as ‘Justice Prayers’. Tablets of that type were found in abundance during the excavations at the Bath site of the Roman temple dedicated to the goddess ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena ... acquired the sculpture in mid-1700s Rome for his estate in North Yorkshire, where ...

Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome ... worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion ...