The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

An ancient book about Roman emperors has become a modern bestseller, captivating readers with its timeless stories of power ...

and politicians interested in the ancient Roman Empire. The triumphal arch originally grew out of the triumphal parade, a ceremony integral to life in the Roman Republic. These lavish processions ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves. Order had given way to ...

Rome’s first theatre was an enormous spectacle intended to glorify Pompey’s successes. Was it all bread and circuses? I n the ...

SEE IT: ANCIENT ROMAN UNDERWATER MOSAIC DISCOVERED ... political relations and events that shaped the Mediterranean during ...

Workers were hardly surprised when they stumbled upon ancient ruins in the Italian ... Ariminum was conquered by the Roman Republic and given its Latin name in 268 B.C. Already an important ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...