Russian-born writer Katerina Poladjan has won the Fiction Prize at the Leipzig Book Fair for her novel "Golden Sands," the ...

The arguments echo those of earlier generations, the rhetoric carefully polished, the stakes described in moral terms. And yet the citizens whose sons would ultimately fight such wars often seem far ...

Times New Roman is one of the most widely used fonts in the modern world, appearing in books, newspapers, academic papers, and digital documents across the globe. But how “Roman” is it really? This ...

Though it's been a while since ancient Romans walked among us, as it turns out, the way they ate is pretty similar to some ...

“Two thousand years ago, an aristocratic Roman matron named Vistalia faced a trial for adultery. Vistalia was notorious for conducting multiple extramarital affairs, but her husband, Titidius Labeo, ...

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we give our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...