William Wyler’s classic romance Roman Holiday (1953) has three real stars: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and Rome. For her role as the crown princess of an unnamed nation, Hepburn won the Oscar for ...

But Rome wasn’t a myth, it was real — and thanks to some of the massive construction projects undertaken by ancient Romans, it’s still possible to visit some well-preserved landmarks that are well ...

It was originally supposed to be a coffee house but decade after decade it was abandoned." The archaeological park is also home to the Museo della Forma Urbis which houses the remaining fragments of ...

There are several accounts of the death of Apollonius. In one, he was arrested by Septimius Severus but disappeared from his cell and was never seen again. In another version, he rose into heaven from ...

Roman pottery from the first century was found on Dundee Law and Dundee City Council’s museums have in their collections some Roman wares, including a coin dating from the time when the Emperor ...

One of Gladiator 2 's made-up aspects is that Caracalla and Geta are twins; in real life, they were brothers sired by Septimius Severus, but Caracalla was older.

The head of a statue of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and 48 terracotta architectural plaques smuggled from Türkiye have been returned from Denmark’s Glyptotek Museum, The Turkish ...

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In real life, the twins ruled the empire in 211, nearly three decades after the demise of Marcus Aurelius. The two were trying to expand their Roman empire and were heading the wars for the same.

Today, several structures from the colony still stand tall, including an arch built by Emperor Septimius Severus in the second half of the 2nd century C.E., a crumbling capitol building, the ruins of ...

The city’s wealth became evident during the reign of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), and it is believed to have been abandoned around the 6th century. Korka emphasized the discovery’s ...