What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, ...

Are you not entertained? New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York suggests that British ...

The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...

A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Forget the Colosseum and what you've seen in the Gladiator film franchise - the latest evidence of ancient Roman brutality ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...