However, you can find a less crowded ancient city much closer to Rome in Ostia Antica ... port city was indeed at the mouth ...

The intricately decorated structure is adorned with recycled fragments, or spolia, taken from other ancient ... off in 312 at Rome’s Milvian Bridge, which overlooks the river Tiber.

Ancient masters of engineering ... of course, its disposal. Rome’s Cloaca Maxima sewer, which flowed into the Tiber River, became the model for urban sanitation. By the time Pliny the Elder ...

To the west of the Tiber River ... some of Rome's most famous buildings, including St. Peter's Basilica and the Altare della Patria. Interestingly, since it sits outside the ancient city, it's ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire ... As babies, the boys were left to drown in the River Tiber by their evil uncle, but they were rescued by a wolf.

Deep beneath the streets of Rome near the Vatican, overlooking the banks of the Tiber River, Italian archaeologists have uncovered ... his world but also sheds light on the opulence of ancient Roman ...

Sandwiched between the Tiber River and Campo de' Fiori is a neighborhood that was historically home to Rome's Jewish population ... is anchored by the ancient ruins of the Portico d'Ottavia ...

and was formed from settlements gathered around the River Tiber. The early inhabitants ... great buildings such as the Colosseum in Rome - the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built - allow ...