Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

A lone skull discovered near the walls of an ancient fort highlights the Romans' brutal treatment of their conquered foes.

Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Archaeologists excavating in southwestern France have uncovered one of the most remarkable Roman burial discoveries in recent decades - a richly furnished funeral pyre containing gold treasures, ...

Women are asking the men in their lives how often they think about ancient Rome. Their responses, posted online, can be startling in their frequency. By Callie Holtermann and Frank Rojas The Roman ...

The Roman elite viewed public toilets as an instrument that flushed the filth of the plebes out of their noble sight. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Images and Museo Nazionale ...

Piers Mitchell has previously received research funding from the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust, and the Natural Environment Research Council Prior to the Romans, Greece was the only part of ...

An essay by Marianne Bonz describing the myriad of religious options available in the Roman Empire. Bonz is managing editor of Harvard Theological Review. She received a doctorate from Harvard ...

Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans has entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed retiring Republican Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate.