A metal detectorist’s rare discovery of Roman-era swords in Willersey, UK, led archaeologists to uncover a settlement spanning the Iron Age to Roman times.

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armor—when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient condiments.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

Thrushes were not just a luxury food item in ancient Roman times, but consumed as street food, according to a garbage dump in Mallorca.

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week.

A study of animal remains from an ancient trash pit in Mallorca suggests thrushes were once a staple of Roman street food culture.

Fast food didn’t start with McDonald’s—quick, convenient meals have been a dietary staple of busy societies for millennia. Across the Roman empire, roadside shops known as popinae and ...

It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.

An eight-sided Roman ring was recently found in Lincolnshire, England, by Wessex Archaeology staff. The item dates back to 200-410 A.D., officials said.