Check out these 8 Roman Empire movies, ... Forum is inspired by the farcical work of ancient Roman playwright Plautus and follows a slave who attempts to win his freedom by helping his master woo ...

At the height of the Roman Empire, ... Titus Maccius Plautus. One of the more well-known Roman comedy playwrights was Titus Maccius Plautus, born in 254 B.C.E. in Umbria.

It’s been almost 2,000 years since the Roman Empire reached the historic peak of its power. But many men still contemplate it — quite a lot. A new social media trend prompting women to ask the ...

Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic that follows the titular character's (Anthony Quinn) transformation from a prisoner of the ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a fish sauce, often known as garum, eaten throughout the Roman Empire ...

Mr. Rapley is the author, with Peter Heather, of “Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West.” America likes to think of itself in garlanded terms. The shining city on a hill ...

In December 2022, construction workers at the site on the outskirts of Sarsina, a small town in Italy, unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman temple — or ‘capitolium’ — dating back to the ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman ...

One legend about Nero recounts that, during the Great Fire of Rome in A.D. 64, he “fiddled while Rome burned,” an expression still used to describe leaders responding frivolously to a crisis.

Ancient Rome has been a popular subject in movies since the early days of silent films, with some of the world's earliest blockbusters being set in this time period. The best movies about Ancient ...