The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

Public baths also often featured gymnasiums, libraries, restaurants and exercise yards. Archaeological evidence suggests even ...

In ancient Rome, public latrines weren’t just foul-smelling—they were feared as haunted spaces full of disease, danger, and demonic presence. This video explores the dark, unsanitary conditions of ...

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered a Roman sarcophagus in Caesarea, which showing a drinking contest between Dionysus ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

A new analysis of the bones in the eatery’s garbage pit challenges the elite status of thrush in the Roman diet ...