Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars, Roman King Numa Pompilius ... Finally, the calendar we all know was adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. After skipping 10 days in October ...

In the 1953 film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's characters visit The Mouth of Truth, an ancient sculpture in Rome. "The legend is that if you're given to lying, you put your hand ...