Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...

Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...

The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

The story of the human race is a story of technology. One of our ancestors created fire and passed that knowledge along to ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

Once chaotic and essential, Rome’s Suburra lay just below the Forum. Home to artisans, taverns, and intrigue, it shaped the ...

Lays of ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859; Zaehnsdorf (Firm) bnd CU-BANC; Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Spottiswoode, Andrew Publication date 1847 Topics ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...