The headless bronze statue was thought to represent Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. New scientific testing has concluded it was likely looted from Turkey in the 1960s. After 18 months of uncertainty, ...

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.

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of ... with his mummy,” relays the historian. Mary at the Marcus Aurelius statue Amy Richlin from UCLA is writing a book on these ...