The Roman Empire may have fallen more than 1,500 years ago, but its streets never truly disappeared. Across Europe and the ...

Around 310 B.C.E., Carthage was under siege by Agathocles of Syracuse and his army. According to the ancient historian ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what appears to be the largest Roman industrial complex ever discovered in northern Europe, hidden along the banks of the River Wear near Sunderland, England. The ...

A stunning Bronze Age gold ring and a hoard of 21 Roman coins dating back to the reigns of several emperors are among the ...

In reality, after the Assyrian captivity from 720 BC and after the Babylonian captivity from 586 BC, there had not been an ...

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II as well as ancient Roman history circa 200 CE. Ridley Scott’s historical action film Gladiator II has arrived, and as with the 2000 original starring ...

Let’s take a closer look at Commodus, the Roman emperor often misrepresented in popular culture. While many know him from ...

Charlotte Mullins journeys to the North of England for the fourth instalment of our series which highlights the 50 treasure's ...

In front of me stood a concert stage with Italian singers, their voices echoing across two thousand years of history. Before ...

The UNESCO - listed city of Chersonesus, located on the southwestern part of the Crimean peninsula was an ancient Greek ...

History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their names.

Located in the North York Moors, the site is surrounded by beautiful nature. Yorkshire is home to a lot of different abbeys, ...