The tunnel connected the emperor's box, positioned prominently on the south side of the Colosseum, to the amphitheater’s exterior. This strategic design allowed the ruler to enter and exit without ...

In 447 AD, Attila and his Huns crossed the Danube in force, tearing through the Balkans and confronting the Eastern Roman ...

The Commodus Passage was a later addition to the Colosseum that allowed emperors to visit the arena without encountering the ...

Mommsen, whose admiration of Cæsar is as ardent as his knowledge of Roman history is great, speaks with well deserved scorn of the efforts that are made to defend contemporary usurpation by ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

A New Orleans couple have uncovered a 2nd-century Roman headstone in their Carrollton backyard, inscribed with the name of a naval sailor - Sextus Congenius Verus. The marble slab, likely looted ...

‘Pax’ is the third book from historian Tom Holland’s extensive bibliography to receive an exclusive luxury edition courtesy ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly ...

The tablet had been in an ancient cemetery of around 20 graves of military personnel, found in the 1860s in Civitavecchia, a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman brooch from underneath a whiskey distillery in Scotland, revealing a heretofore unknown ...

Every March 15, the dark history behind the 74th day in the Roman calendar has led many to think of bad omens and doom, but the day has a deep history and purpose. The date has been used in a variety ...