a powerful Phoenician colony in modern-day Tunisia and one of ancient Rome’s most formidable enemies. Carthaginians were known as “Punic people” to the Romans, and the two civilizations ...

We learn that it’s not just the overwhelmingly White and male field of Classics that is to blame for the lack of attention paid to the everyday workers of Ancient Egypt and Rome, but also the ...

The bizarre episode no doubt puzzled his soldiers as much as it does modern historians. Excerpted with permission from The Shortest History of Ancient Rome, Ross King, Pan Macmillan.

The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes ... glimpse into the dangers faced by the papacy in Rome's medieval times. Archaeologists stumbled upon complex ...

Starting today with Ancient Rome, Kate is joined by historian and author Emma Southon to find out why Romans would have loved the recent bushy eyebrow trend. This episode was edited by Tim Arstall.

In an online account on Reddit, the mum shared she had named her baby girl Aurelia, drawing from the ancient Roman emperor and philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. She expressed: "My family is very ...

Tarquin is credited with ordering the foundations of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus), the most important temple in ancient Rome, to be laid ...

called “Layers of Rome,” we had traveled to Rome to explore the ancient city. But after watching the election of a new pope between lessons on ancient art and architecture, I have personally witnessed ...

This was a time of turmoil among Rome’s aristocratic families, experts say, indicating that the wall around the ancient basilica may have served as a form of defence around it. “The ...

the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook. The park, located in Rome, said that it recently bid farewell to "the beautiful stone head." The head was ...