Discover how the Roman Empire’s institutions and culture persisted well into 700 AD, challenging the idea that it simply ...

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

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

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.

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...

I remember once asking a great scholar of Rome, Ramsay MacMullen, if he could sum up the history of the Roman Empire in a very limited number of words. His sentence was, “Fewer have more.” ...

Native Roman Ted Lenio recently competed in his sixth Empire State Senior Games and earned medals in every running event offered.

A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city.

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the ...

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

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.