During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...

You might remember the phrase "beware the Ides of March" from your high school English class. Here's what it means and when ...

New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

JULIA: I’m at a Roman bathhouse in Bath in the south west of England. It was built by the Romans nearly two thousand years ago. These stacks of tiles are part of a very clever Roman invention ...

Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

March 15 is associated with misfortune and doom. On this day, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered at the hands of ...

The Etruscans and Romans were fierce rivals and clashed in pivotal wars. What were the major battles that defined this ...

Ancient Rome unfairly has a reputation for having stolen or copied their mythology and religious traditions from the Greeks ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in ...

Patrick wrote in Latin, and signed his works “Patricius.” In some accounts of his life, Patrick was given the birth name ...

is widely considered to be the first pope and the longest serving pope in the history of the church. Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed ...