As Giorgio Vasari’s famous story from the Sack of Rome goes, Charles V’s troops were so taken with this very painting upon storming his studio that they decided to just let him work ...

This defeat, followed by Alaric I’s sack of Rome in 410 CE, signaled the disintegration of Roman authority and the rise of Gothic power within the empire.

Man was even more cruel: the frescoes were mutilated during the sack of Rome in 1527, later by Napoleon’s troops in 1798; since then they have been botched by well-meaning restorers.

Almost as soon as Alaric, ostensibly the victor, decamped to move across Italy, the pens of Rome’s greatest authors were moving across the page. Goths could write a bit but they couldn’t match ...

Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome Date: June 12, 2019 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Researchers present the results of an analysis of plant, animal and ...