Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ... Roman emperors ruled, including Domitian and Trajan, who clashed with ...

“The Romans ... like weapons,” she said. But even at the most granular level, Rome recycled: Old limestone blocks could be burned to make the lime powder for mortar. And ancient architects ...

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed ... beginning of Vienna’s urban history.” Ancient rome Archaeology Germanic warriors Researchers ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The first physical evidence that gladiators fought animals during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.

In the year 112, a Roman governor in modern-day Turkey had ... There was no Medicaid in ancient Rome. The average life expectancy was about 35 years, due to high rates of infant mortality.