The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured ...

Built up through successive acquisitions of aristocratic collections, it spills over with 622 sculptures — that’s 621 marbles and one astounding bronze, of the Roman general Germanicus ...

By ANDREW ERAKHRUMEN We will not flog a dead horse in this article. However, as always, we will contribute to the efforts at documenting perspectives on some past and ongoing events hoping that the ...

Ancient Rome: Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus (1839), with its glowing citadel rising through a mass of hazy reflections, purports to recreate ancient Rome, though much in the scene ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an extensive Roman settlement in northwestern Germany — beyond the borders of the Roman empire. The site, located in Delbrück-Bentfeld, first became an area ...

The new findings show that the area was far more complex than previously thought. The settlement, located approximately 90 miles (144 km) from the Roman Limes Germanicus, the empire’s border ...

Neither Tiberius nor Julia are happy with this arrangement and Julia also confesses to Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony and wife of Tiberius' popular brother Drusus Germanicus, that she believes Livia ...

The honor of delivering the first reading at Pope Francis’ funeral Mass on Saturday fell to Kielce Gussie, an American who ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

(NEXSTAR) – Pope Francis, whose death was announced Monday, was one of the oldest pontiffs to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. Francis died at the age of 88 amid ongoing health issues ...