years worth of grain tribute" to the Roman people. The same strategy was used to very different effect by civilian corn-factors who hoarded grain to simulate...

Reflecting Telescope at Palomar". Corning Museum of Glass. Moonan, Wendy (April 18, 2008). "Roman Inspirations at Corning Glass Show". The New York Times...

Judaea was a Roman province from 6 to 132 CE, which at its height incorporated the Levantine regions of Judea, Idumea, Samaria, and Galilee, and parts...

the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, and attributed their success...

Corn cheese (Korean: 콘치즈; RR: konchijeu, pronounced [kʰon.tɕʰi.dʑɯ]) is a South Korean dish made of sweet corn (often canned) and mozzarella cheese. Sweet...

Oksusu-cha (옥수수차) or corn tea is a Korean tea made from corn. While oksusu-suyeom-cha (옥수수수염차) or corn silk tea refers to the tea made from corn silk, oksusu-cha...

historical documents, evolving from Crundles, to Crondles, Cronnes, and Cornes, with the modern name 'Querns' emerging in the 17th century. Thus the linguistic...

of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of Emperor...

Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize). It is a common staple food and is ground to coarse, medium, and fine consistencies, but...

was known as an eques (Latin: [ˈɛ.kʷɛs]). During the Roman Kingdom and the first century of the Roman Republic, legionary cavalry was recruited exclusively...

The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns. Aqueduct water...

gladius 'sword') was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals...

Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and...

Roman funerary practices include the Ancient Romans' religious rituals concerning funerals, cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition...

Mattingly, Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor (1999). Rickman, G., The Corn Supply of Ancient Rome, Oxford (1980). Look up bread...

sweet corn with lima beans or other shell beans. The name succotash is derived from the Narragansett word sahquttahhash, which means "broken corn kernels"...

in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE)...

July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before...

auxiliaries, the army was the most important institution in the Roman world. According to the Roman historian Livy, the military was a key element in the rise...

Roman glass objects have been recovered across the Roman Empire in domestic, industrial and funerary contexts. Glass was used primarily for the production...

In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (/ˈsɪəriːz/ SEER-eez, Latin: [ˈkɛreːs]) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships...

In the Late Roman Empire, usually dated 284 AD to 641 AD, the regional governance district known as the Roman or civil diocese was made up of a grouping...

The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman glass 4th-century cage cup made of a dichroic glass, which shows a different colour depending on whether or not light is passing...

Hairstyle fashion in Rome was ever changing, and particularly in the Roman Imperial Period there were a number of different ways to style hair. As with...

harmatodromía; Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In Greece, chariot racing played an essential role...

used for making the Corning Ewer was inherited from Roman traditions centuries ago. The glassmaking technique used in The Corning Ewer would also later...

years ago and was named after Falernum wine, which was much prized by the Romans. There is a joke which purports to explain how falernum got its name. In...

the Roman Republic was a set of uncodified norms and customs which, together with various written laws, guided the procedural governance of the Roman Republic...

The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 (also called the Parthian War of Lucius Verus) was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper...

ancient Roman religion was highly specialized. Its study affords important information about the religion, traditions and beliefs of the ancient Romans. This...