The day Caesar was stabbed to death a few meters away from the Roman Forum
There is a day in the history of Rome when a man turned into an immortal divinity. 2060 years ago and every year since that ...Roman civil war: the power against people
At the end of January 81 BC in Rome, Sulla celebrated a triumph for his successes over Mithridates. The power gathered in his hands was ...Pietro Bembo, the humanist cardinal in Rome
The cardinal and humanist Pietro Bembo died on the 18th January 1547 in Rome. Once r of Lucrezia Borgia and influential scholar, he was active ...Ianus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions
Janus (or “Ianus” in Latin) is considered to be one of the most ancient and important gods in archaic Roman pantheon (the “Di indigetes” or ...The tragic story of Beatrice Cenci
The noblewoman Beatrice Cenci died on the 11th September 1599 in Rome. Charged with the murder of her father Francesco Cenci, she was executed in ...The painter Cola dell'Amatrice
The artist Nicola Filotesio, called "Cola l'Amatrice", was possibly born on the 9th of September in an undefined year (various records report the years 1480 ...The angelic vision of pope Gregorio Magno at the Mausoleum of Hadrian
On the 3rd September 590, Gregorio Anici was elected as pope Gregorio I. Also known as Saint Gregory the Great, his firm figure is linked ...
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