When I, Claudius aired in 1976, it redefined historical drama. BBC’s low-budget masterpiece brought the decadence, intrigue, ...

More than 160 objects from the period of the Roman Empire when Emperor Trajan reigned come to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...

Archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta have uncovered a massive stone-lined water basin in the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just eleven miles east of Rome. Built ...

The Great Illyrian Revolt, erupting under Emperor Augustus, was one of the most serious uprisings faced by Rome in the early Imperial era. This video explores how Illyrian tribes rose against Roman ...

Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...

The origins of Rome have been debated for centuries but one tale has prevailed over the rest: twin brothers Romulus and Remus ...

The largest coins in the collection are two bronze Roman sestertii from the first decades of the Common Era. One depicts ...

In this painting, The Banquet of Cleopatra, also by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Cleopatra’s pearl is in her outstretched hand as she likely tells Mark Antony in regal Roman dress how she ...

The ancient civilizations of the classical world inspire admiration, whether we think of the elaborate monuments of ancient Egypt, the academic achievements of classical Greece, or the domination of ...

The magnificent Altar of Peace celebrates the imperial order of Augustus’ Rome and his place in the fabric of the cosmos ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...