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Under the direction of Marcello Mogetta from the University of Missouri, a team of archaeologists has discovered a large ...

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.

How would history have unfolded if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian? Would they have ruled the Roman Empire?

The Sabines, a Spartan tribe, shaped the early Romans with their martial skill, social order, and lasting cultural and ...

Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

As Sky HISTORY series Britain’s Lost Battlefields attempts to find where Boudica fell, we ask what provoked the Iceni queen’s rebellion against Roman rule.

It was 150 years ago in February that the City of Rome became the City of Rome. The city was officially incorporated Feb. 23, 1870. In light of the sesquicentennial, officials are planning ...

ROME — Buongiorno, my hundreds of fellow tourists crowding the Trevi Fountain on this bright spring day. Doesn’t it look magnificent? Isn’t it grand? Aren’t you happy to be the first high-season ...