Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...

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Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

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By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

These 15 images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest remind us of the grandeur of Greece ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...