In her new book, Jane Draycott tells how through her intelligence, political maneuvering and self-assurance, Fulvia took Rome ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

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a powerful Phoenician colony in modern-day Tunisia and one of ancient Rome’s most formidable enemies. Carthaginians were known as “Punic people” to the Romans, and the two civilizations ...

So too, perhaps, his habit of urgently convening the Senate in the middle of the night only to – once the great men had assembled ... Shortest History of Ancient Rome, Ross King, Pan Macmillan.

The College of Cardinals held its 12th general congregation on Tuesday, where Pope Francis’ ring fisherman’s ring was officially destroyed.

Historians think the cavalry unit likely consisted of more than 700 horses and nearly 500 men. When the animals died ... wouldn’t have to drag its heavy body. The body of an adult man was ...

Following Pope Francis's death, the Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel to prepare for the papal conclave. Cardinals will soon gather to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church, guided by ...

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Archaeologists have announced the discovery of 5,000-year-old remains apparently belonging to a high-society woman from an ancient Peruvian ... showed that "not only men had an important ...