Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

A recent paper analyses legal documents from the Roman empire that detail the prosecution of a tax evasion case on papyrus.

Experts on the era acknowledge that Tassan has made a unique contribution to ancient Gaulian scholarship ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century ...

Pax Augusta is a highly detailed and highly ambitious city-builder from solo developer Roger Gassman. You take control of a ...

Map: Guilbert ... the new faith and age-old paganism existed side by side. But Theodosius, an able military leader from Iberia, who was chosen to rule the besieged Roman Empire following the ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

Whether biking to castles or kayaking through gorges, a trip centred on this river is the epitome of European romance.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Ancient cartographers, working with primitive tools and limited travel capabilities, somehow created maps with stunning accuracy and details of lands supposedly “undiscovered” during their era. These ...

Over 2,300 years have passed since the death of Alexander the Great, but he remains one of the most famous historical figures ...

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.