To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and ... Mexico in this 1947 National Geographic photo. The Olmec civilization, the first in Mesoamerica, offers valuable clues into ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation ...

This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest of the world.

Who was the real Macrinus, Rome’s North African emperor? Who was the real Macrinus, Rome’s North African emperor? The real ancient Roman plot that inspired 'Megalopolis' The real ancient Roman ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of the same name lay close to the empire’s eastern borders ...

Sail along the magnificent isles and rocky coastlines of Greece and Turkey on this voyage designed as part of an exclusive collaboration with Food & Wine magazine. Encounter a mix of Greek, Roman ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for ... This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic ... Paris, and Rome, the high point of this secular pilgrimage for most travelers was Greece. On arriving in Athens, the ...

To remain in Gaul meant forfeiting his power to his enemies in Rome. Crossing the river into Italy would be a declaration of war. Caesar chose war. Conquering HeroA bust from the National ...