When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

Don't know your Latin from your Latium? Never heard of a Mamertine before? Fear not — this is Rome's entire history, start to finish. But the real question is: How often do you think about the Roman ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

The Roman empire was at its height when a deadly disease caused devastation to its population, economy and military prowess.

We also learned a lot about visiting the Colosseum first-hand. I thought I would share some helpful ideas about choosing the ...

Over three excavation seasons, archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Jagiellonian University and the archaeological company Pryncypat, identified 23 inhumation burials—where bodies ...

ROME (AP) — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike ...

Roland Emmerich brought ancient Rome to life in Season 1 of Those About to Die by telling ... “We hope to do a little bit what Godfather II did,” he said, referencing the dual timeline employed in ...

Study utilizes new technology to create a 3D model of the siege system, generating the exact timeline of the events at the ...

A new study has found that workers involved in constructing the Giza pyramids suffered from copper poisoning, indicating ...

Today, day six of teaching two sections at Saint Joe’s, I proposed that the students put away their phones once they enter ...

Rome's ancient Arch of Constantine was hit by lightning during a heavy storm, causing some fragments to fall off, an official ...