it is disproven by the existence and omnipresence of a uniquely Roman god called Janus. Usually seen as just the god of doors, Janus’s role in Roman religion went beyond a simple case of Greek ...

The Roman god Janus, as we are frequently reminded in January, was two faced and able to look forward to the coming year and backward to reflect on the past one. Forecasters use terms like ...

A stone head, believed to represent a bearded male deity, was discovered in the archaeological area of the Tombe di Via Latina in Rome, dating back to around the 2nd century CE. The head, larger ...

Contronyms are words that can have two opposing meanings; they go by several other names including autoantonyms, antagonyms and Janus words, after the literally two-faced Roman god Janus.

In 46 BC, emperor Julius Caesar introduced a new Julian calendar which instituted January 1 as the start of the new year, taking the namesake of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. Roman ...