As the Roman Empire transformed, its emperors had conflicting views on pagan traditions. This video explores their personal ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

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

Want to walk in the footsteps of Roman emperors? Now you can because an ancient secret passageway in Rome's Colosseum used ...

Augustus inherited a fractured Republic and found himself fighting wars on every horizon. In Spain, entrenched tribes ...

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

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 ...

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

Notice to all ancient history buffs! The head of a once 15-foot-tall statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the earlier Roman emperors, has been discovered in Turkey. From Iran-based Press TV: The ...

Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor. During its more than 500-year run, about 20 percent of Rome's 82 emperors were assassinated while in power. So, what led to their downfalls?

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