By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

A new study by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP), published in the journal Proceedings of the European Academy of ...

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about medicinal plants, a new study suggests.

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine.

Known as asklepieia, this network of ancient Greek and Roman sanctuaries blended spirituality and medicine—and their influence persists today.

The image of Caligula as a deranged despot obsessed with power and violence has been etched into history thanks to accounts from his contemporaries. Now, a new study led by researchers at Yale ...