An aspiring dictator, fueled by popular resentment, overthrows a failing republic. We've seen this show before ...

Sitting in Tom Holland’s study, I am puzzled. Looking around, I can see a suit of chain mail (a present from his brother and fellow popular historian James Holland), a mounted psittacosaurus fossil ...

Alba de Céspedes’s book, a coming-of-age novel following eight young women in Rome, is perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante. “Blood on Satan’s Claw,” by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a novel by ...

Mine is, naturally, a bed of godly proportions. This is despite the fact that I have not grown a millimeter since I was a ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Italy’s Eternal City might be known for bringing history alive but it turns out it’s also quite affordable for a city break – ...

X-rays and AI were used to read charred Roman scrolls untouched for 2,000 years.

What if the story behind Valentine’s Day isn’t just a legend? In "The Legend of Valentine," award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Collins breathes life into this historical legend through a brave Roman ...

Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the Colosseum's underground tunnels. For that, you'll have to book a guided ...

The Roman empire banned pants because they were seen to be a symbol of barbarism with many conquered tribes having worn them. Credit: failing_angel. CC BY 2.0/flickr Togas and tunics were the fashion ...

Passing from the prehistoric period, there follows a chapter on the sanitary arrangements of ancient Rome, with a description ... other subjects treated in the book are the libraries, police ...

An inscribed piece of pottery found in an ancient Jewish stronghold in the Jordan Valley has ... was discovered at the location with an advanced water supply system and Roman siege works. The site was ...