Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine. A mosaic of Orpheus ringed by animals paves ...

For nearly 200 years, the Jews of Judea wouldn’t let Roman occupiers rule in peace.

The ancient people of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia, did not have ancestry in common with the Levantine Phoenicians that established their culture, according to a new study. J. M. W. Turner, The ...

Although ancient Rome had nothing like a modern middle class, a small but prominent part of the population was poised between ...

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armor — when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its ...

Romanian man Marius Mangeac said he had no idea he would come "face to face with history" that day Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...