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Photograph by DAGLI ORTI/ART ARCHIVE At age 14, Bassianus became emperor of Rome and assumed the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus in A.D. 218. From that moment, his short, chaotic reign ...

Our “Layers of Rome” off-campus course is in Rome to survey the art, architecture, and archaeology of the ancient Romans. In a welcome surprise, the class happened to coincide with the papal conclave.

The edges of the scabbard of the short sword are adorned with several polished ... incursions in northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 387 BCE." Georges also mentioned that he does not know ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) said in a translated statement that the metal ornaments and weapons found in the skeleton-less tomb were ...

However, as soon as Rome began expanding, it was inevitable that the two ... They were typically armed with a long spear, or hasta, and a short stabbing sword similar to the Roman gladius. Their armor ...

Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is decorated with tiny swastikas, the French National Institute of Preventive ...

He added that sun and moon designs can also be found on short swords throughout continental ... incursions in northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 387 BCE," when the Gauls beat the Roman ...