Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

"This papyrus is extraordinary because it provides direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire," says Dr. Dolganov. Dr. Ecker adds, "This is the best-documented Roman ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

[Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images (Musk)] From airing his views on the fall of the Roman empire (demographic decline) to expressing his desire to see a “modern-day Sulla,” Musk’s views ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

The remarkably well-preserved basilica was part of a public meeting place where citizens and politicians could socialize, shop and hear speeches in the growing city Eli Wizevich Researchers ...