The Classical World in Bite-sized Chunks

worshipped in his own right

dust blew off

When the gods argue, humankind goes to war; when they celebrate, mortals fall in love; when they mourn, there is famine on Earth.

The largest unsupported concrete dome in the world is still one that was built nearly two thousand years ago for Rome’s Pantheon. We’re still trying to work out how they built it.