Rome’s rise from a small settlement to the center of a vast empire was deeply influenced by geography. The city developed around a strategic crossing of the Tiber River, aided by the presence of Tiber ...

What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most significant Roman archaeology discoveries in Spain in decades. Excavations beneath ...

The Illyrians were a powerful network of Balkan tribes who resisted the expanding Romans and were a key force in the Ancient ...

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...

According to a statement released by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the original home of a mosaic taken to Germany by a Wehrmacht captain who worked as a military supply chain officer during ...

The ancient Roman Empire was truly a marvel of architecture and ambition. From its legendary founding by Romulus in 753 BCE to its dominion over a vast empire that spanned continents, the city of ...