Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Analysis of rocks from Iceland indicates that extreme climate possibly led to the wipeout of the Western Roman Empire.

AMMAN - The Roman army at its peak reached the north-western parts of modern day Saudi Arabia.The area between the Roman ...

To find out how imperial structures contributed to levels of inequality, researchers writing in Nature Communications examined historical records from both empires at their peak (ca. 165 C.E. for the ...

Reviving a forgotten Roman and Indian trade route could contain China, unite America’s allies, and reshape the global order.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a lost city dating back thousands of years – and newfound evidence suggests ...

From Dorset to Derbyshire, Wales to Wester Ross, these strolls through some of the UK's loveliest landscapes are for all ages ...

We also learned a lot about visiting the Colosseum first-hand. I thought I would share some helpful ideas about choosing the ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from ...

Witnessing America's flamboyantly stupid economic self-harm and its slow descent into authoritarianism has made some people ...