When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

This new study probed the DNA evidence that has been taken from some of these bodies. The team used the same strontium isotopes that were used to date the DNA samples to get a better understanding of ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

Ancient DNA research has revealed that at the peak of the Roman Empire, many of Rome’s inhabitants were immigrants from the ...

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of Richborough pottery.

You don't have to be a prime minister, civil war general, Nobel Peace Prize laureate or founding father to learn the strengths of famous leaders and better your own life. You can learn a lot from the ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

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Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of extraordinary beauty who deeply captivated Emperor Hadrian. Not only did Hadrian love ...

The plot follows Lucius as he rises through the gladiatorial ranks to exact revenge against the Roman Empire. The empire has been relentlessly expanding its borders, pillaging every culture in its ...

An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than ...