During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great ...

Stories of he Roman Empire have been passed down through generations , and evidence of its existence is the remains and ...

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ever before.

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

The Roman Empire might have been bigger than we first thought. The uncovering of a hidden road network demonstrates the ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...