Google’s DeepMind has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of deciphering and contextualising ancient texts, including Roman-era Latin inscriptions. The new AI, named Aeneas, could be a ...

Latin was once the dominant language of the Roman world. But what happened to it after the fall of the Western Roman Empire? This episode explores how Latin did not simply disappear, but slowly ...

Centuries after the Roman Empire left its mark across, many of its stories still sit locked inside damaged stone and pottery. In recent years, researchers faced the daunting problem of reading ancient ...

Number of Latin speakers in the Roman Empire: multitudo. Number of native Latin speakers in the world today: nil. Number of Latin speakers in the back yard of a Chelsea bar one recent sticky evening: ...

Around 1,500 Latin inscriptions are discovered every year, offering an invaluable view into the daily life of ancient Romans—and posing a daunting challenge for the historians tasked with interpreting ...

(Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday it wants its official language Latin to be used more often in the Roman Catholic mass. Here are some details on how Latin has been used in the Catholic Church: ...

I've long been fascinated by a quote that appears in Ray Bradbury's <i>Fahrenheit 451</i>. It goes as follows:<br><br><blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <br><br>I ...

During the dark days of December, in many schools throughout the Main Line, students will be heard exclaiming the celebratory “IO SATURNALIA!,” a clarion call throughout the centuries of the Roman ...

A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii reading: "Beware of the dog" - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city ...