On the other hand, Rome, much like Athens, was more likely the result of synoecism—the gradual aggregation of neighboring villages that, driven by the need for defense and trade, eventually coalesce ...

ROME — Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods. Now, archaeologists believe ...

Once upon a time, the goddess of love Venus seduced Anchises, a minor prince of Troy and second cousin once removed to King Priam. Nine months later, she presented him with the infant Aeneas and ...