Have you ever wondered why Italy isn't called "Romania" despite being the birthplace of the Romans? The answer lies in the ...

The Pelasgians were the ancestors of the Greeks, remembered by ancient historians as the very foundation of Hellenic identity and culture.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Ancient Rome lasted a thousand years, from 500 BC to AD 500 It grew for 500 years, peaked for 200, and fell for 300 years. Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that.

The die was cast in 486 BC. After Rome defeated the neighboring Hernici, a Latin tribe, and took two-thirds of their land, the consul Spurius Cassius proposed Rome’s first agrarian law.