An erratic leader, a weak Senate and ill-judged economic policies leading to a contraction in world trade. The fall of the ...

In what was one of the greatest decoration flexes in ancient Roman design, a wealthy resident of Iuvavum—now modern-day ...

The limestone chamber is marked with inscriptions identifying the deceased and honoring the deity Jupiter. Officials say it's ...

A discovery in Romania shows the remains of an elite family's treasures from the Roman era that were scorched in a fire.

Rome’s Colosseum not only hosted gladiatorial games, but also animal hunts, mock-up naval battles, and even a few plays.

Pope Francis recalled how the city of Rome 'since its birth some 2,800 years ago has had a clear and continuing vocation of universality.' Pope Francis gazes over the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum ...

An archaeological dig in northern England shows iron and lead processing continued and even increased after the departure of ...

If you consider the Roman Empire to have ended in 476 and count only emperors who were old enough to rule for their entire ...

Gaius Marius Hermogenes may have had... a few enemies. Likely a citizen of the ancient Roman-era city of Odessos, his likeness was immortalized with a statue sometime around the 2 nd or 3 rd centuries ...

A rabbi responds to a new TikTok meme, noting how Jewish tradition was shaped by its encounter with the Romans. (JTA) — How often do men think about the Roman Empire? It’s a question that’s been hard ...

Construction workers in Italy recently came across the site of an ancient laundry near the Vatican, officials say. Italy's Ministry of Culture announced the surprising findings in a press release on ...