How would history have unfolded if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian? Would they have ruled the Roman Empire?

ROME - The Olympic flame flared into new life under a cloudy sky in the square of Italy's presidential palace on Friday (Dec ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

Many of the world’s most beautiful beach towns started as ancient ports, bustling with trade, sailors, and cultural exchange.

The Olympic flame flared into new life under a cloudy sky in the square of Italy's presidential palace on Friday before ...

Croatia is home to the world's only Roman palace that people still live inside, 1700 years after it was first constructed.

The Sabines, a Spartan tribe, shaped the early Romans with their martial skill, social order, and lasting cultural and ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

At winter’s peak, Saturnalia transformed Rome through a rare social inversion whose rituals still echo in modern celebrations ...

The streets of Rome once erupted into a festival so wild it turned the empire's rigid world upside ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...