THE luxurious but tragedy-stricken villa where the first Roman emperor, Augustus, is believed to have died has been unearthed ...

Forget Julius Caesar and Leonardo da Vinci. Italy has a new national treasure: a cat named Augustus who lives at the ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

Gods, kings and numbers are involved What’s in a name? Have you ever wondered about the origins of month names? Some months, like October and December, are fairly easy to figure out. The precise ...

Braga, often referred to as the Rome of Portugal, is a city that's steeped in history and has been named Europe's leading ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Roman infrastructure was probably deteriorating, but what is the evidence that contributed significantly to Rome’s fall? The elite were extracting labor from a vast population of slaves.

Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

From Puglia’s sun-drenched cliffs to Rome’s timeless elegance, this southern Italian road trip is a sensory journey of ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

The Vasari Corridor, the famed covered and elevated passage designed by Giorgio Vasari and linking Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo ...