DNA from a Roman salting site in Spain reveals sardines were the key fish used in garum, the famous sauce rooted in Greek and ...

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show its artifacts. Photo from the Department of Antiquities and Museums of the ...

Square in Shiraz, Fars Province, tells the story of the triumph of the ancient civilization of Iran, whether it be over the ...

A few dozen of the best surfers, skaters and bikers around added Waco Surf to their international itineraries, again, for the ...

From soldier wages to political fortunes, Roman earnings reveal how war, wealth, and ambition shaped power in the ancient ...

The Greek language thrived under Roman rule as Latin remained limited; cultural pride and education preserved Eastern ...

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

From children's drawings to ancient fast-food counters, new finds continue to reshape our understanding of daily life in the ill-fated Roman city. A restorer works on one of the frescoes in the ...

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning of ...