During an archaeological mission meant to restore a gateway built by Pharaoh Ramses III, researchers discovered a stone stela ...

Pompeii's archaeological excavations have primarily centred on the severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius during AD 79; however, ...

In the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, power no longer rested with emperors. Instead, it was controlled by ...

A new study by Columbia University historian John Ma has uncovered evidence of a hidden army operating within the Roman Empire during the first century AD. Published in the Journal of Roman Studies, ...

The Roman Empire may not have gobbled up every community in its path. A Columbia University historian argues that the ...

LONG before Pompeii’s residents were killed by molten rock blasting from Mount Vesuvius they faced another fast-moving threat ...

In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

The Boston Red Sox faced the Cincinnati Reds on opening day this season, and Roman Anthony did not take long to start making history. Anthony hit a single up the middle on the first pitch he saw. The ...

New research suggests that the Romans may have used an ancient machine gun-like weapon, the polybolos, during the Siege of Pompeii, challenging our understanding of ancient military technology. New ...

Was there a New World order we didn’t know about? The discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact in Mexico could upend our understanding of the New World, raising the possibility that Italians ...

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