It was the book Hadrian’s Memoirs, by Marguerite Yourcenar that would eventually, many years later, bring me to Rome. Yourcenar, after an exhaustive 30-year research, wrote a fictional memoir in the ...

Hadrian’s Wall is a symbol of LGBT history, English Heritage has said. The 1,900-year-old structure in northern England is known as one of the best-preserved relics of the Roman Empire. But perhaps ...

In 130 CE, a handsome Greek youth drowned in the Nile. Born about 110 CE in Bithynia, in modern Turkey, Antinous’s early years are mostly a mystery. As a teenager, he met the Roman emperor Hadrian ...

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of extraordinary beauty who deeply captivated Emperor Hadrian. Not only did Hadrian love ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hadrian's Wall (Image: PixelBay) Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the north of England, has been deemed a part of ...

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant, best known for Oscar winners “Good Will Hunting” and “Milk,” has come on board to back psychosexual thriller “Antinous,” a modern-day drama inspired by the life and death of ...

‘The most famous homosexual couple in Roman history’: An 18th-century bust of Antinous, the teenage favourite of Emperor Hadrian (Getty) Whoever came up with the phrase “It’s queer up north” could not ...