While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they genetically traced back to the Barbary macaques of Africa. “The Berenike burials of ...

A bust of a Roman general and politician, more than 2,000 years old and once sold at an Austin, Texas, Goodwill for $35, will return to Germany in May. The statuette will continue to be displayed at ...

Scipio Africanus’ triumph and tragedy was to have been, as Dexter Hoyos puts it, “the greatest general in Roman history,” renowned for never having lost in battle. Invincibility brought Scipio (ca.

Sometimes you can find some real treasures while thrifting. A Texas woman recently came across what may be one of the most precious. Laura Young, an antique dealer, found a neat-looking all-white ...

Want to know how Rome became the world’s superpower? Meet the five generals who led its armies, crushed its enemies, and secured its legacy. Their names are etched in history—for good reason. 'A very ...

Historians characterize the Catilinarian conspiracy as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire—which director Francis Ford Coppola compares to modern-day America. The Roman Forum was a hub for ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Andrew Kenrick received funding from the Consortium for the Humanities & the Arts South-East England (CHASE). Gladiator II opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African ...

Another Russian general was killed during fighting in the Donbas region, a new report said Sunday. Russian state television reporter Alexander Sladkov said that Major General Roman Kutuzov was killed ...

Clockwise from top left: sculpture head fragment, lance point, cloak pin, cloak pin, third-century A.D. coin(Courtesy RAAP Archaeological Consultancy) A Roman ...