Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

A Roman shipwreck with amphorae of ancient garum sauce has been identified in the Ionian Sea, offering insight into ...

Just south of Olympic host city Milan, the busy streets of Bologna sit atop one of the oldest roads in the world that still leads to Rome.

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Stories of Indian spices, beasts, saints, and kings fired the European imagination for a thousand years. India anchored ...

A routine patrol by Italian police has revealed the wreck of an ancient Roman cargo vessel, with multiple amphorae still preserved on the seabed.

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into something remarkable. Near Arzachena, a diver spotted metal on the seabed. Curiosity ...

In September 2024, a metal detectorist scouring a farm about 45 miles northeast of London found a silver, oval pendant ...

Roman Philosophy Machiavelli’s Roman Empire Sam Spound explains why the author of The Prince thought about Rome so much. In ...

Rottweilers originated from dogs used in ancient Rome to help manage cattle and were integral to cattle-raising in the town of Rottweil.

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...