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Sep 15, 2024 · In the grand tapestry of Ancient Rome, the spotlight often shines on emperors, senators, and gladiators, but behind the scenes—and sometimes boldly in the forefront—stood remarkable women who shaped history just as much as their male counterparts.
6 days ago · Mathematics. Astronomy. Hypatia[ a ] (born c. 350–370 - March 415 AD) [ 1 ][ 4 ] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [ 5 ]
6 days ago · Hypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria ’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
Sep 23, 2024 · Feminine dress was very like the Greek, with the Roman woman’s version of the chiton called a stola. As time passed, women took to wearing several garments one on top of the other, while the garments themselves were made of finer fabrics and were more lavishly decorated.
Sep 21, 2024 · Venus, ancient Italian goddess associated with cultivated fields and gardens and later identified by the Romans with the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. Venus had no worship in Rome in early times, as the scholar Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 bce) shows, attesting that he could find no mention.
2 days ago · Renowned scholar Dr. Sandra Richter dissects the idea of "women in the Bible" to show how God's plan has always been bigger than cultural limitations.
6 days ago · The intrigue and amazing facts and anecdotes of the lives of women in ancient Rome continue among the ruins of the imperial palaces. While admiring the Houses of Augustus and Livia, learn about Livia Drusilla, the first Empress and final wife of Augustus.
2 days ago · Aphrodite - Wikipedia. Aphrodite (/ ˌæfrəˈdaɪtiː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [4] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
2 days ago · The Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. They were the most powerful women in ancient Rome. They were selected from patrician families at a young age, usually ...
