Ancient Rome was a flourishing civilization that started around 800 BC and existed for approximately 1200 years. It started off in Rome, and grew into one of the largest and most powerful empires in ...

The pool measures an impressive 65 by 22.5 meters and was constructed with smooth-cut marble blocks. Its location near ancient Tyana, one of Cappadocia's most important Roman cities, places it within ...

A new study has revolutionized the understanding of ancient medicine by combining modern science with hands-on historical reenactments. Supported by a European Research Council (ERC) grant, the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Most people know Caligula as one of history’s most deranged rulers: a bloodthirsty Roman emperor who supposedly made his horse a consul and murdered people for entertainment. But ...

Primitive Roman medicine.--Early Roman medicine.--Origins of Greek physiology--Ionian and Italo-Sicilian.--Alexandrian medicine.--Settlement of Greek physicians in ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Live Science reports that hundreds of 1,800-year-old artifacts linked to the practice of medicine have been identified among the objects unearthed during rescue excavations at ...

Two thousand years ago, a Roman merchant ship containing medicinal supplies sank off the coast of the Tuscany region of modern-day Italy. Among the treasures that have been recovered are six pill-like ...