The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

While this trend's popularity spread quickly on social media, it had other impacts as well; it launched a 1,900-year-old ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure in Rome with a futuristic second skin.

In ancient Rome, spices came to the city from every corner of the Empire and were often so precious that they could be used ...

The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his crucifixion and the early persecution of Christians.

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Toronto is now in the phase of the Senate when it was being ignored. No emperors in the city of Rome to taunt senators.

Tom and Dominic conclude their journey through the colourful lives of Rome’s first Caesars, climaxing with the epic reign of Rome’s most unexpected emperor: Claudius.

A stunning study of Octavian’s victory monument in Nicopolis, Greece, reveals how massive ships gave him the edge in the 31 ...