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During the 1st century CE, a sect of Jews in Jerusalem claimed that their teacher, Jesus of Nazareth, was the 'messiah' of Israel. 'Messiah' meant 'anointed...

The First Italia on Coinage: Ancient Coins of Italy The coin in Fig. 1 represents the first attestation of the name Italia on coinage. It was issued in 90 BCE, in Corfinium/ Italica, the capital of the Italic rebels who took arms against Rome between 91 and 87 BCE and almost destroyed it in what Roman historians recall as one of the bloodiest wars ever fought on Italian soil (Fig. 2). Figure 2. Corfinium/Italica. Marcus Livius Drusus, a tribunus plebis or “Tribune” who supported the conferral of Roman citizenship to the Italic people, was murdered. This was allegedly the casus belli,...

History and Innovation Guide an Award-Winning Producer in Umbria Through a fusion of historical influences and sustainable practices, Castello Monte Vibiano has achieved outstanding quality goals while preserving the local environment. Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio An ancient cas­tle dat­ing back to the 1 st cen­tury BC seam­lessly coex­ists with a state-of-the-art olive oil mill among the green hills and val­leys. The beauty of being a high-qual­ity extra vir­gin olive oil pro­ducer is that you are always look­ing for some­thing new that allows you to improve.- Lorenzo Fasola B...

In the Shadow of Greater Kingdoms But Numidians were not content to always dwell in the shadow of Carthage. Their independence soon became prominent, and a strong, prosperous kingdom was about to emerge. Polybius, the crucial ancient Greek historian, was amongst the first to write about Numidia. Around 200 BC, he mentions them as the peoples who live to the west of Carthage, in a territory that roughly corresponds to modern day Algeria. The name Numidians allegedly stems from the ancient Greek word for “nomads” (Νομάδες). The Latin interpretation of this word became “Numidae,�...

As it Were: Statue of Cornelia and her jewels honor Ohio leaders Ed Lentz Guest Columnist On the northwest corner of Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, a large piece of statuary sculpture will capture the attention and interest of many people making their way to and from the Ohio Statehouse.  At the top of the monument is a larger-than-life figure of a woman in a flowing dress with her arms open in welcome to the attention of no less than seven figures standing around the base of the statue. The figures are labeled for the uninformed but are probably known to many.