West Exe School has been nationally recognised for its Classics teaching, earning high commendation in a UK-wide awards ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

A key figure in this controlled chaos was the Saturnalicius Princeps, or “Leader of Saturnalia.” This mock king was chosen by ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

Archaeologists in Budapest, Hungary, opened a rare and untouched Roman sarcophagus for the first time in 1,700 years, finding ...

When travel dreams take people to Europe, Italy is often their first stop. | When I’m in Rome, I like to travel about 20 ...

Facing the vastness of Rome when you have only a few hours to spare may seem, at a first glance, a frustrating endeavour.

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s ...

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

The Italian town just outside of Rome is home to Hadrian’s Villa, a Roman emperor’s countryside getaway, and Villa d’Este, ...

Hadrian (ruled AD 117–138) had a perfectly good villa in Rome, but he preferred to live outside the capital, and toward the ...

This walk explores the lively streets surrounding the Colosseum, where ancient ruins blend seamlessly with modern Roman life.