There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?

Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

Earlier this year, a British museum said it was reclassifying an ancient Roman emperor, depicted on a coin in its collection, as a transgender woman. So what do historians think about this move and is ...

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...

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

Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

You don’t need a time machine or a transatlantic flight to step inside ancient Rome ’s most infamous arena. Starting on ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers in south Wales have uncovered the foundations of an ancient Roman villa. The ...