Almost 1800 years after Rome’s founding, the people we call Byzantines still thought of themselves as part of the same ...

From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero's possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a 1,800-year-old Roman sporting stadium, which holds secrets to daily life in the ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered an ancient tomb, revealing how Rome’s richest woman donated her fortune to rebuild Sillyon.

In what was one of the greatest decoration flexes in ancient Roman design, a wealthy resident of Iuvavum—now modern-day ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival ...