There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice ...

The mansion's foundations and floors are likely well-preserved, according to geophysical surveys. The discovery provides new ...

Chemical analysis shows a Roman flask held compound medicine, offering first proof of roman flask medical feces described in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed tombs and a shrine dedicated to Hercules from the time of the Roman Republic.

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

ROME, Jan 13 (Reuters) - An ancient Roman home more than 2,000 years old has opened to the public, but its spectacular ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, ...

The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media An ...