Is the Roman Empire on your mind? If so, France should be on your list of must-visit destinations! Having been inhabited by the Romans for many centuries, France became the birthplace of several Roman ...

Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about Rome’s underworld—the city lurking beneath the city.

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

Archaeologists in Leuven, Belgium, discovered a rare Roman wooden water pipe preserved for 2,000 years underground, revealing ...

Blending Cities Skylines and Frostpunk, the newest free Citadelum update makes the Ancient Roman city building videogame even ...

Quite the opposite, he grappled with the master, taking epic Greek poetry’s sound and structure and forging something distinctly Roman. It’s this deep, foundational link between Virgil and ancient ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly rare find provides a unique glimpse into the military equipment used by ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren't found in Italy. The excavation took place at Bad Cannstatt ...

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient ... about the Roman Empire. They didn’t really fight sharks in the Colosseum. So what’s the attraction here? The orgies? The aqueducts?

Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain large audiences in amphitheaters. However, because the Romans cremated ...