An excavation in Sicily uncovered a mosaic-filled Roman bath. The thermal complex is one of the largest ever found on the ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

Best books on Roman history, from Romulus and Remus to the decline of Empire - A curated list for those who can’t stop ...

Historians characterize the Catilinarian conspiracy as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire—which director Francis ...

Waffles are one of the oldest treats. The history of waffles goes back to ancient Greece and a type of bread called obleios ...

Some forms of renewable energy we think of as modern were used thousands of years ago.

Archaeologists were excavating Bisenzio, an Etruscan settlement on the shore of Lake Bolsena, when they uncovered several ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

Roman amphitheatres are awe-inspiring structures that not only represent the architectural genius of the Roman Empire but ...

A helmet found in the ruins of the famous Roman city wiped out by a volcano eruption a few years after the destruction of ...

Israel has attacked targets in Lebanon near to ancient Roman ruins, the governor of the Baalbek ... Huge temples were built ...

Recent archaeological investigations, led by experts from the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida (IAM), have brought to light ...