Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

A key figure in this controlled chaos was the Saturnalicius Princeps, or “Leader of Saturnalia.” This mock king was chosen by ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Roman military officials stationed at an Egyptian port were crazy about their pets, and seem to have been particularly fond ...

The people of ancient Rome didn’t have access to modern science, but they still developed complex – and incredibly intuitive ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

Does This Ancient Roman Artefact Proves Gladiators Fought in Roman Britain?' The renowned Colchester Gladiator Vase dates ...

One Ancient Roman historian argued that republics need the fear of common enemies to prevent political factions from tearing ...

Archaeologists excavating the remains of a Roman city in Portugal have discovered a rare bronze inkwell filled with the ...

Want to walk in the footsteps of Roman emperors? Now you can because an ancient secret passageway in Rome's Colosseum used ...