Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could ...

Constructed starting in 312 B.C.E. to carry troops southeast toward Capua and, eventually, the port city of Brindisi in the ...

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem, hiding in a medieval book in a Roman library.

In 86 BC, Roman General Sulla unleashed a brutal siege on ancient Athens, permanently transforming the sovereign state into a museum city.

One thing is clear: if we take ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we read, celebrate, and admire today wouldn't ...

The Pillars of Rome represent Oregon’s hidden side, the part that doesn’t make it into standard tourism campaigns but rewards ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Never Second in Rome Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You take the role of a Roman centurion in the ...

SAPPINGTON, Mo. – A massive search for a missing child in south St. Louis County took a bizarre turn when police announced there was no abduction. Police added that no girl exists that matches the ...

The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific research about what hominins and early humans ate, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Paleo. Carnivore. Caveman. Whatever term you prefer to ...

Rome fought Persia for centuries, battling both the Parthian and later Sasanian empires in a relentless rivalry over Armenia and Mesopotamia. Roman emperors repeatedly invaded, even capturing the ...