A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Scientists have found new evidence showing the scale of the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The University of Southampton team, ...

A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The Library of Congress traces the tradition of April Fools' pranks back to the Roman festival of Hilaria, celebrated the day ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

A 55-year-old woman from Spain has died after falling off a high wall to the side of the Spanish Steps in Rome on Wednesday morning, Italian media reports. An investigation is underway into the ...

Proposed ban would affect smokers in the centre of Rome. Smoking in outdoor public areas in the historic centre of Rome could soon be banned under proposed legislation set to be discussed by the city ...

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor ...

Bettany Hughes explores archaeological finds in Turkey and discovers an ancient powerhouse of Greek and Roman civilisation situated at the crossroads of historic trade routes. Show more Bettany ...