When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

From Rome to Barbarians, these shows about Ancient Rome will transport viewers to a fascinating time in history.

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

At Palmyra (an ancient city in what’s now Syria) in the second century CE, an inscription shows 90 million sesterces in goods ...

Archaeologists said the discovery of the mass grave is especially important because the Romans often cremated their dead, and ...

In anticipation of the Jubilee and the expected increase in visitors – up to 35 million, a major rise from the 7-10 million who visit every year – Rome has had a facelift. Piazzas are spruced ...

They were masters of ancient Rome – powerful ... servant] tied the bed-sack up with a cord and carried it indoors to Caesar.” Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar in the ...

Roberto Gualtieri, the Mayor of Rome, visited the scene and told reporters he had ordered a full investigation into the explosion. He said: “We don’t know his exact condition, but he suffered ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar at the Senate in Rome, 15th March 44 BC. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) What Suetonius tells us about Caesar’s final moments Ancient biographer Suetonius, ...