Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

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 ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh,” used by religious Jews ...

Explore the role of water in Ancient Rome, a city sustained by impressive engineering. Explore the role of water in ancient Rome, a city sustained by 12 aqueducts that supplied its fountains, ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

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

The partial collapse of the Torre di Conti has sparked a negligence probe and renewed fears about how the Eternal City protects — and fails — its ancient heritage.

Archaeologists have removed the lid of a sealed ancient Roman sarcophagus, finding preserved remains of a young woman who died 1,700 years ago. The team with the Budapest History Museum discovered the ...