Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

Decades after Gladiator swept the Oscars, Ridley Scott is back with the highly anticipated Gladiator II, proving there's no ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One ... have violence injected into our political life. I had no idea that ...

Christianity is often viewed as an alternative to Roman religion. But in many ways, Christianity was an expression of Roman ...

The forum was the "heart" of ancient Roman cities, serving as a hub for commercial, political, religious and social activities.

The Scuderie del Quirinale presents “GUERCINO. The Ludovisi Era in Rome,” a major new exhibition from October 31, 2024, to ...

It served as a hub for commercial, political, religious and social activities ... Researchers have uncovered the remains of an ancient Roman forum (not pictured) at an archaeological site in ...

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough ...

The ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder ... concerns about the health of the environment have become one of the hottest political topics. For example, a survey last year of almost 20,000 young ...