Colossus of Rhodes: large statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.The Colossus was erected to commemorate the outcome of the blockade of the city of Rhodes by king Demetrius Poliorcetes. In 305-304, he had attempted…
Pantheon: temple in Rome, one of the best-preserved buildings of the ancient world, dedicated to "the all-divine" (i.e., heaven).
Rome's Pantheon
The Pantheon…
In his History of the Jugurthine War, section 78, the Roman author Sallust (86-34 BCE) informs us about the early history of Lepcis Magna. When he speaks about "Sidon", he probably does not mean the city, but Phoenicia in general;…