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The Caduceus: Mercury’s Staff of Peace

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The Abduction of Europa: The Bull and the Sea

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Foreign Gods Adopted by Rome

How Rome absorbed foreign gods from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and beyond to build a diverse and adaptable pantheon.
Micah Blaine
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Procession scene from Andrea Mantegna’s series The Triumphs of Caesar, showing bearers carrying trophies, bullion, and spoils of war in a classical triumph.
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The Triumphal Procession

Explore the triumphal procession, Rome’s grand victory parade celebrating generals, soldiers, and divine favor.
Max Arden
December 1, 2025
Fragment of the Fasti Antiates, an ancient Roman calendar painted on plaster, showing month names, festival markings, and preserved red and black inscriptions.
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The Roman Calendar

Discover how the Roman calendar evolved from a lunar system into the Julian calendar that shaped modern timekeeping.
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The Punishment of Marsyas: Music and Measure

The satyr Marsyas challenges Apollo to a contest of music and learns that passion without discipline ends in pain — and wisdom.
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The Judgment of Midas: The Price of Poor Taste

King Midas favors Pan’s wild song over Apollo’s divine harmony and earns a lesson in humility — the ears of a donkey.
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The Death of Orpheus: The Song That Would Not Die

After Eurydice’s loss, Orpheus devotes his life to Apollo’s art and meets death at the hands of Bacchus’s followers — yet his song lives forever.
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The Abduction of Europa: The Bull and the Sea

Jupiter transforms into a white bull and carries Europa across the sea to Crete, where beauty becomes destiny and the world is reborn through love.
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Vesta: Goddess of the Hearth and Home

Discover Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and home, guardian of family, purity, and the sacred flame of Rome.
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Ceres: Goddess of Agriculture and the Harvest

Learn about Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture and motherhood, whose care brought life, renewal, and abundance to the world.
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Pluto: God of the Underworld and Wealth

Explore Pluto, Roman god of the underworld and wealth, ruler of hidden riches and guardian of life’s eternal balance.
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Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood and the Birth of a New Race

Jupiter’s flood destroys a corrupt world, but Deucalion and Pyrrha survive through faith and reason to rebuild humanity from stone.
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Orpheus and Eurydice: Love Beyond the Underworld

Orpheus descends to the underworld to reclaim Eurydice, proving that music can move gods — but not defy the law of death.
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