The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was Germanic, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans?

Pitt looked at 372 non-adult skeletons (mostly infants and toddlers) and 274 adult females from 24 different sites across ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...

There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...

Throughout humanity's history, there have been lasting empires that stood for millennia, ruling vast areas of land and people ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how spectacle, politics and social boundaries shaped life in the empire ...

A wedding ring believed to be from the Roman era has been discovered in northwestern Bulgaria. The jewelry piece, which is ...