The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

Near the submerged city of Baiae, archaeologists found a stunning opus sectile floor that had been built in the last days of ...

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive architectural feats and the artworks that characterised the period. Show more First transmitted ...

Despite Rome’s glorious architecture, only the richest citizens ... same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ...

A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Mussolini, for his part, used the Classical motif and identification with ancient Rome to frame his fascist regime as the rightful heir to the Roman Empire. Architecture was deployed to justify a ...