The social status and evolving rights of children in ancient Rome, from the absolute power of a father to early legal protections and reforms.

The British northern frontier was the edge of the Roman world — and a place of violence, boredom and opportunity, experts ...

From its heart in Italy across its many thousands of miles, the Roman Empire was built and maintained by slaves. Some were born enslaved, the sons and daughters of enslaved mothers. Others were ...

Rome is remembered for roads, aqueducts, and empire—but its daily reality could be brutal. Torture was embedded into the ...

Recent excavations in Pompeii reveal that slaves in certain villas were sometimes better nourished than ordinary citizens. Despite their harsh living conditions, the diet provided to maintain their ...

There are moments in history when empires abandon their masks . Moments when the language of ldquo;democracy, rdquo; ldquo;human rights, rdquo; and ldquo;international order rdquo; is discarded, and ...

With the title character of Spartacus (played first by Andy Whitfield, and then by Liam McIntyre after Whitfield’s untimely ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a significant fresco of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" from Anatolia's early Christian ...

When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, he brought with him a team of scholars, scientists, and artists. Together, they produced the monumental “Description de l’Égypte,” ...

Ubisoft has revealed the beloved city-builder franchise Anno will finally be taking fans to the Ancient Roman Empire in Anno 117: Pax Romana. Furthermore, it will be released in 2025 on PC, ...

The deeper cause of the success, the general wrote, will be the character of the people—the frugality, industry, and thirst ...

The time has nearly arrived. Six weeks from this Sunday, on Nov. 27, the First Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church in the United States will begin praying a new English translation of the Mass.