Elagabalus became Roman emperor at 14, was assassinated at 18, and managed to pack more scandal into those four years than ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...

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

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.

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 ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...