The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

The pediment from the Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath is one of the best-known objects from Roman Britain. It originally looked down on people entering the temple precinct from a height of 12 metres.

the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum which houses artefacts from the Roman period. Roman Baths in Bath is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders ...

was once the Roman capital of the land and became the location of a very famous Roman temple. Previously known in Latin as Camulodunum, ‘the fortress of cumulus, God of War,’ Colchester was a ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.

In AD 43, the Roman Emperor Claudius personally led his troops into the city, completing the full conquest of Britain. A massive temple dedicated to Claudius was built soon after, but it didn’t ...