The story of the exquisite Roman helmet is still shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the high-status man who served in the Roman ...

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Friday's Google Doodle celebrates Valentine's Day. The artwork shows a variety of yummy-looking chocolates in pink wrappers with "Google" spelled out in icing on the tops of treats.

When Roman soldiers were not out training and fighting, they were playing board games, which archaeologists have found to be ...

Timgad is a mysterious city located in the heart of the Sahara that was once bustling with Roman life – … Continue reading "How A Beautiful Roman City Was Forgotten In The Desert For Centuries" ...

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

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

Game Pieces Made of Bones, Hinted at Roman Military Strategy Among the exciting archaeological discoveries, some intriguing ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering ... before disappearing in around the ...