Messalina's sex life got Romans gossiping, but what they really feared was her lust for power. Sex symbolArtworks, such as the Eugene Brunet 1884 sculpture, often emphasize Messalina’s notoriety as a ...

Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a murderous psychopath to a depraved tyrant. Is it time to reexamine this ...

The writer understood better than anyone how far the United States was going to fall By Will Lloyd Towards the end of his long life, Gore Vidal would just fill up with fluid. The 86-year-old died ...

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Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and ...

A recent television program has revived interest in the “Jesus Cup,” an artifact from first century C.E. with a mysterious inscription. Dr. Jeremiah Johnston has asserted that the cup’s inscription ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The advantage of indignation is it leaves you with a clear conscience, without any form of further analysis. The ...

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In the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the region Ituraea and Trachonitis, and ...

Sensitive and handsome, Nero (37 – 68 AD / reigned 54 – 68 AD) started out well as emperor. But his early promise gave way to wild extravagance and murder. His rule ended as violently as it had begun.

Catechol oxidases are ubiquitous plant enzymes containing a dinuclear copper center. In the wound-response mechanism of the plant they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of ortho-diphenols to the ...

As the face of the pot-stirring early 2000s Odd Future rap & R&B collective, Tyler is equally respected for his sharp lyrical acumen and penchant for controversy. The California native grew into a ...