ROME, June 19 (Reuters) - History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum.

An ancient square where historians believe Julius Caesar was stabbed to death — one of the most infamous assassinations in history — was opened to the public for the first time Tuesday.

This ancient map would have made even Lanciani’s enormous map look puny—it was roughly 43 by 60 feet. At a remarkable scale of 1:240, even the floor plans of buildings were visible in ...

Over a period of some 500 years, from 312 B.C. to A.D. 226, 11 extraordinary aqueducts were built to supply the ancient city. Ten were cut when the Goths besieged Rome in A.D. 537, and today ...

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Rome’s long history, ... excavations near the Vatican to extend a road tunnel ahead of the Jubilee have in recent weeks revealed traces of an ancient Roman “fullonica,” or laundry, ...

Instead, he chose St. Mary Major, a basilica on the other side of Rome. It's the first time in more than a century that a pope will be buried outside the Vatican walls.