A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

It was like a scene from the final hours of the Roman Empire: Everywhere you looked, some prominent politician was degrading ...

Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

the Middle East, and North Africa. That was the renowned Roman empire, which lasted for about 500 years. So, what caused this mighty empire to crumble into ruins? The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E.

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

The Tuchola Forest in northern Poland continues to reveal its secrets as archaeologists explore its vast woods and lakes. A ...

Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. NASCAR released a ...

Hello Insiders. It’s been an historic week in the U.S and the implications of Trump’s election victory will be felt around the world in times to come. For now, Jesse Whittock here with the latest ...