Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Hundreds of boats laden with luxuries sailed from India ... But warnings of the inflationary effects of tariffs are also echoed in ancient Rome too. Pliny, for example, complained about the ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...

Both Ansedonia and Il Pellicano are essentially luxury enclaves. There’s still plenty of mileage in that style of vacation.

It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept ... (Later on, oak would only be used to build ships – it was too valuable to stick in the ...

Credit: Geobia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Once the largest theater in ancient Rome, the Theatre of Marcellus was built in ... the Tower of Hercules has guided ships for nearly 2,000 years. Built in the 2nd ...