Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and honored to make sure that the actions of the state met with divine approval. Roman religion was split in ...

Where do you put a massive statue of a Roman god with a naked backside the size of a Greyhound bus? That's the question that made it so hard for Vulcan to find a home. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

In 1933, the students at California State Teachers College (now Penn West California) asked for the school to have a mascot ...

The tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri.