Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a ...
Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...
Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist ...
Most Roman emperors died on the job. So when the emperor Diocletian decided to abdicate and retire in March 305 CE, it was a ...
Explore how centuries-old Roman customs persist in Italian weddings and funerals. From rituals to symbolic objects, these ...
Roman temples were not just places of worship but the beating heart of religion, politics, ceremony, and public authority in ...
Visitors to Rome's Colosseum now have a new chance to step back into history thanks to a renovation project that's unearthed ...
In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...
In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...
Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box.
As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...
A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in Ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.