When the Western Roman Empire fell, its influence endured - reshaped and reasserted by those eager to carry its mantle. In this video, we explore the political and spiritual heirs of Rome across ...

It sounds awful to a modern person, but it seems the Romans did not complain about the smell of the ancient city that much.

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show its artifacts. Photo from the Department of Antiquities and Museums of the ...

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military camp. Their finds were plentiful but typical — until they uncovered a very ...

The most remarkable find, however, was discovered in the state room of a domus, or a Roman house built in an urban area and typically occupied by a wealthy family, according to the release. A roughly ...

Scans of a hill showed a dense concentration of abandoned buildings, so archaeologists started digging. Here’s what they found.

A new analysis of the bones in the eatery’s garbage pit challenges the elite status of thrush in the Roman diet ...

Eight days’ hiking lets you imagine the weird and wonderful lives of those who once lived at the Roman Empire’s northern frontier ...