Yet Trimalchio was mistaken. He had not reckoned with Kim Bowes, professor of ancient history and archaeology at the ...

Rare wooden writing tablets uncovered in Tongeren, Belgium, offer insight into law, administration, and literacy in the Roman ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Eyewitness to the tragic fate of Pompeii. Nephew of a great naturalist. Trusted public servant. Friend of emperors. Famed chronicler of the culture and politics of ancient Rome. Pliny the Younger was ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?

For years, families walked their dogs and children kicked footballs across an unremarkable patch of grass, unaware that an untouched Roman villa lay just beneath their feet. The discovery of this ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only three others bath houses of similar dimensions have been found in Pompeii - Splash News A private spa complex belonging to a ...

The Roman Empire may have fallen more than 1,500 years ago, but its streets never truly disappeared. Across Europe and the Mediterranean, entire towns still follow the original Roman layouts, with ...

Divers recovered a fragment of a Roman era statue, representing a male torso, off the coast of Italy, video footage shows. Screengrab from the University of Salento, Facebook For centuries, a Roman ...

After decades of war, Britain entered a quieter age marked by cities, roads, villas, and a growing Roman identity embraced by much of the population. This chapter explores how Roman rule transformed ...