A number of videos and images created by artificial intelligence that claim to accurately depict ancient Rome have been ...

Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in "Gladiator," "Spartacus," and "Indiana Jones and the Dial of ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, ...

The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.

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Around 186 BCE, a former slave turned courtesan named Hispala Faecenia fell in love with a young upper-middle class Roman man named Publius Aebutius. Then she learned his mother and stepfather planned ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

Samuel Agbamu has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust for research relevant to this article. How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon ...

India's Largest Circular Labyrinth Links Ancient Rome to the East. Archaeologists have unveiled India's largest circular labyrinth, a remarkable 15-circuit stone structure measuri ...

This straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence that there was ever such a thing as a ‘Roman salute’ in antiquity. From airing his ...