Competition held a position of great importance in archaic Greece, so much so that the period has been called a culture of competition. Athletic prowess was a marker of one's quality to the
Spectacular Shell Mosaic Revealed In A Domus On Palatine Hill
A vividly coloured wall mosaic has been revealed by archaeologists working in central Rome. It adorned a room for banqueting in a lavish aristocratic house built around 2300 years ago on the Palatine Hill. The house (domus) with the seashell mosaic m
