The Roman ruins uncovered at the Parco delle Acacie also include an ancient road, two massive basins, and a wealth of grave ...

Ancient Athenian democracy functioned as a chaotic and exclusive system that relied on many things, but what is truth and ...

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 ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome (Image Credits: Flickr) Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had ...

Julius Caesar, a Roman general and statesman, believed experience taught everything. His famous quote, 'Experience is the teacher of all things', highlights learning through action. This idea, shaped ...

A recent academic study, published in the journal Hispania Antigua by researcher Eduardo Sánchez Moreno of the Autonomous ...

The life of Gaius Cornelius Gallus (ca. 70–27 BCE) shows what happened to politicians in ancient Rome who fell out of favor ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

Hygienic conditions were poor in the city's older bathing facilities, a new study reveals. The analysis sheds light on ...

One of ancient Rome’s finest residences, the House of the Griffins, is opening to the public on March 3—with a digital ...

Depictions of the eccentricities of Roman leaders were (and remain) interesting. But such leaders were often also dangerous, ...