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Russell Riley co-chairs the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. On Feb. 1, 12 days after Donald Trump is inaugurated for the second ...

"They're so fine that they've come directly from the Mint in Rome to the Treasury on the Capitoline Hill..." she said, "and by boat to Britain and then have ended up in rural Worcestershire." ...

Of course, visiting Rome with children can also be overwhelming. There is so much history to absorb.The crowds can be challenging and there is just so much to see. Parents often wonder where to start ...

Above the Forum, the pretty Palatine Hill is where Romulus legendarily founded Rome, and where emperors ... backdrop for choice pieces from the Capitoline Museums' storerooms.

As the historic centre of Rome, the Capitoline Hill is the most significant of the seven hills that Rome was founded on. The Piazza del Campidoglio is the large public square that now sits atop ...

In 55 BCE, the famous military leader Pompey built a grand temple in her honor on Rome’s Capitoline Hill. The temple became a site for annual festivals and sacrifices celebrating the victorious ...

Carmenta, also known as Nicostrate, had a festival dedicated to her, the Carmentalia, and was often represented with a crown ...

In fact, Julius Caesar purportedly once stole 3,000 pounds of gold from Rome’s Capitoline Hill and replaced it with orichalcum. Despite these references, however, no one really explained exactly what ...