Roman Catholic Mass was at one time universally celebrated in Latin, the ancient Roman language. After the second Vatican Council in the 1960s, Mass was allowed to be celebrated in the language of the ...

Latin language and Roman literature focuses its research on the Latin language and material written in Latin from antiquity to the modern period. In recent years, the emphasis has been on the ...

January arrived again a few days ago, just when we expected it. The name January comes from Janus, the Roman god of doors and beginnings. I didn't know that doors had their own god. I am wondering ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

ZURICH—As kids return to school in Val Müstair, high in the eastern tip of the Swiss Alps, they are also entering the front lines of a bitter battle: the fight over the future of a centuries-old Latin ...

The Romans introduced writing, and Latin borrowings began to show up in the Brittonic language. The effective conquest by Rome started in 43 AD. By around 70 AD all of Britain save northern Scotland ...

PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Wednesday said that he would "go out of his way" to ensure that the demand for inclusion of English as medium of instruction in primary schools is met by the ...

Teaching non-Roman scripts online throws up great challenges, but we must preserve the world’s linguistic resources, say Rana Raddawi, Jingjing Ji and Ronit Alexander Imagine you’re 18 years old and ...

Archaeologists have been discovering how Romans lived 2000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their sewers. A team of experts has found out details about their diet and their illnesses.