Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

And just how bad were some of those Roman emperors? From the streets to the senate to the games, this is what life was like ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

In 2004, archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Ovilava in Austria uncovered a grave including two people buried ...

An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of ... whose lives were far less fabulous. In truth, daily life in Rome would have been far more like that in modern day Cairo or Delhi than Paris ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

A private spa complex belonging to a member of the ancient Roman elite, complete with enormous plunge pool and hot baths, has been discovered by archaeologists in Pompeii. The 2,000-year-old ...

Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life ... were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted. The Reach of Roman Celebrity ...