Roman leader Julius Caesar is said to have kept a stock of it in the treasury. Ancient writer Pliny the Elder says Rome's ...

Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist ...

Archaeologists have discovered a cluster of Roman tombs beneath a modern street in Rome, revealing changing burial practices.

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation ...

In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...

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

Italian Frittata made with spinach, tomatoes, onion, and peppers on white wooden table with folded red and white cloth - etorres/Shutterstock The ancient Romans were different from us modern humans in ...