Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Villani Scicolone in Rome in 1934. Her mother, Romilda Villani, was an aspiring actress and piano teacher who fell for Riccardo Scicolone, a notorious womanizer who ...

In 476 AD, a teenage emperor surrendered the Western Roman Empire. Romulus Augustus had ruled for barely ten months when Odoacer, commander of Rome’s federate troops, marched on Ravenna. There was no ...

Long thought to have been abandoned after 410 AD, Roman villas like Chedworth were believed to mark the end of a lavish Roman lifestyle in Britain. But new radiocarbon dating of a finely crafted ...

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The anthropologist embarks on a journey by train visiting key sites of the Roman empire. Alice begins her Roman tour at Pompeii, where she explores ingenious Roman engineering, racy artworks, the role ...

Is it really Friday the 13th again … in this economy? At least it gives us an excuse to binge "Friday the 13th," the ...

EXCLUSIVE: A new movie called The Girl will revisit the notorious Roman Polanski sexual assault scandal from the perspective of victim Samantha Geimer. Based on Geimer’s memoir The Girl: A Life in the ...

This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

Tami Roman is adding another acting credit to her résumé — and this one comes with a twist. According to Blavity, the former NBA spouse-turned-television personality will headline an upcoming thriller ...

Archaeologists recently found a large Roman industrial complex in northern England — along with hundreds of tools, offering rare insight into how Romans lived and worked. The excavation was conducted ...

It’s no secret that one of the best streaming deals around is Tubi. Why Tubi? Well, for one simple reason — it’s free. Sure, you have to watch some ads, but it’s worth it to stream some of Hollywood’s ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Amtrak will restore the full Empire Service schedule between New York Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer in early March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said today (Tuesday, Jan. 27). The ...