The use of wild beasts in gladiatorial contests is well-documented in ancient Roman texts, yet until now it was thought that ...

Archaeologists uncover an empty Roman tomb next to an ancient road, revealing a burial mystery hidden for centuries.

Attila the Hun, 434-453 A.D. illustration published in 1894. Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe ...

A lost "Roman emperor" long thought to have never existed may be a real historical figure, a study analyzing several gold coins has found. The ancient Roman leader, known as "Sponsian," is known only ...

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...

A joint Moroccan-Polish archaeological mission has uncovered two Roman watchtowers and a funerary monument near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Volubilis, the National Institute of Archaeology and ...