Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business ...

As recently as a few decades ago in the Western world, stars dazzled humans with their brightness and the Milky Way could be ...

Ancient Greek health secrets offer unique insights into a better and longer life focusing on balance, diet, and mindful ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

The Roman Forum is a sprawling archaeological site, once the bustling center of ancient Rome, that offers an immersive experience of daily life in the ancient world. To access the Roman Forum, adults ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny, and the other, ...

Their book is the first definitive assessment in English of this vibrant component of ancient Rome’s monumental landscape." Eric R. Varner, Emory University, Atlanta "This useful contribution to the ...

Recent visitors praise the guides on this tour for bringing the stories about ancient Rome to life and entertaining everyone along the way — kids included. Upon booking this tour, participants ...

Statues don’t talk, evidently, and they never have, except when some clever priest of Antiquity used a hollow in the stone to ...

The builders of Rome invented the modern city ... an exceptional work of restitution brings the entire Eternal City back to life.