Antioch was once one of the greatest cities of the Roman Empire, known for its wealth, culture, and strategic importance.

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

It wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that the city became part of the Kingdom of France. By then, the city had been ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

Archaeologists uncovered multi-storey dwellings, granaries and a ceremonial road tied to the worship of the cobra goddess ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

Italians are sick of tourists. No, really — they are tired of American summer visitors who travel en masse to their ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

While history books are full of tales about the Roman Empire, the Spanish Empire, and China’s various dynasties, there’s precious few details about one of the world’s earliest empires—and ...