Beneath the starched togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of the ancient world ...

Rome is in the midst of a major uplift with billions of euros pouring in from a European Union pandemic recovery fund just as the Vatican City celebrates a jubilee.

Marcus Aurelius has been read for 1800 or so years now and he's arguably just as relevant today as he was when he was ruler of the Roman Empire. Aurelius, the ruler of the Roman Empire for almost ...