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

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

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

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

Rottweilers originated from dogs used in ancient Rome to help manage cattle and were integral to cattle-raising in the town ...

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

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

Hadrian’s Wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. A monumental feat of engineering that marked the edge of the ...

A recent archaeological study has unearthed a historical truth buried for centuries: the Central Balkans were not a remote ...