For years, a rumor has circulated online that U.S. President Donald Trump once claimed that Italy and the United States have ...

Ancient Rome didn’t just conquer territory — it engineered dominance. Its roads stretched hundreds of thousands of miles and still shape Europe today. Aqueducts delivered millions of gallons of water ...

Archaeologists have unearthed tombs and a shrine dedicated to Hercules from the time of the Roman Republic.

When some ancient Romans were feeling a little under the weather, they were treated with human feces. While this practice was ...

Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the ...

While the tombs and the shrine were found within the modern city's boundaries, they would have been situated outside the ...

"It is a sensational finding. something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli told a press conference.

You don’t need a time machine or a transatlantic flight to step inside ancient Rome ’s most infamous arena. Starting on February 3, a new immersive virtual reality experience at Eclipso NYC promises ...

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large numbers of completed whetstones may have supplied other parts of the Roman ...

The Roman-era poison maker Locusta allegedly played a part in the deaths of Emperor Claudius and his son Britannicus. What do we know about her life story?

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.