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It’s been called a love letter to Italy and a grand tour through the nation’s history and culture. The Dolce&Gabbana fashion exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Miami’s Design ...

Valentine’s Day didn’t start with candy hearts or roses — or a Roman fertility festival, though there was one in mid-February ...

For ancient Romans, many of the gestures now associated with Valentine’s Day would be unfamiliar, if not completely puzzling. Love and desire were not confined to a single day, nor expressed through ...

Prostitutes And Matrons In The Roman World “Two thousand years ago, an aristocratic Roman matron named Vistalia faced a trial for adultery. Vistalia was notorious for conducting multiple extramarital ...

Why The West Came To Hate Queer Love by Harry Tanner, available now from Bloomsbury Continuum. In the early days of anc ...

Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14? Explore the history, legends and global traditions that turned this date into a worldwide celebration of love.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered 2,000-year-old love notes using advanced technology, revealing romantic messages such as, "Take care, my Sava, love me!" ...

Before it became a whimsical celebration of romance, Valentine’s Day carried violence and control. Its history reveals more ...

The history of engagement rings extends almost as far back as the history of rings themselves — and there is a Catholic ...

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...