Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

Visitors in Anzio can swim or sunbathe next to the ruins of an Ancient Roman imperial villa and the Grottoes of Nero. No ticket is required. Situated northeast of Rome, Viterbo is the second ...

To commit tax fraud with the slave trade in the most remote corner of the Roman world, what would you have to do, and what would have made the effort profitable? The ancient scheme has resonated ...

The ancient Roman ruins under Sisak city hall as seen during excavations. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media In ancient Greece and Rome, an odeon was a “comparatively small ...

In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments claim to be using them today. Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher ...

The ascendant right wing loves ancient ... to Rome, the right’s leaders have embraced the aesthetic: a bust of Caesar for Steve Bannon, a pen name borrowed from a fourth-century B.C. Roman ...

In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments claim to be using them today. Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher ...

Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...