One Ancient Roman historian argued that republics need the fear of common enemies to prevent political factions from tearing ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient North Africa by classicist Professor Josephine Quinn and comedian Darren Harriott to learn ...

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Asian elephants were first taken into war by the Indians around 1,000 BC, after which their use spread westwards, says Steve Harris. The Persians, for instance, deployed Asian war elephants against ...

Earlier this year, PlayStation canceled two first-party titles, one of which was a multiplayer God of War game that was in development at Bluepoint Games. Now, we know what that game would have looked ...

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won’t be hosting any electronic dance music parties on his watch. Simone ...

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In Rome’s own mythology, the early city was architecturally restrained and modest. This began to change, its ancient historians wrote, after Rome conquered Greece in the 2nd century B.C.E. and ...

The Latin word imperium originally meant power, specifically the power to command armies, and also civilians. Such power was conferred by law on a Roman official, such as a consul, a praetor, or any ...

The First Punic War was a brutal conflict that pitted two of the greatest powers of the ancient world against each other. With the might of Rome on one side and the naval supremacy of Carthage on the ...