A small, but richly decorated house in Herculaneum, features a mosaic depicting the sea-god Neptune and his wife.

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a famous politician and lawyer, whose life was cut short when he was killed at the order of Mark Antony.

One of many beautiful mosaics from a large Roman villa near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, features girls dressed in what look like bikinis.

Any book that attempts to understand Early Rome is fraught with difficulty; some sink while others float. Thomas Dynneson’s work may be found somewhere in between.

The learned people of Renaissance Europe looked to the Classics for inspiration. They cited ancient authors in day-to-day correspondence and in their own treatises.

The Sacred Band of Carthage is a poorly known, yet perennially interesting, military unit. This article was written to address some problematic pieces of online content.

According to the Roman historian Titus Livius, some earlier historians claimed that the Roman fleet participated in the Battle of Fidenae in 426 BC. How can we figure out if this really happened?

The archaeological museum of the Umbrian town of Spoleto is right next to a restored Roman theatre that continues to be used for shows.

Located partially beneath Spoleto’s town hall are the remains of a Roman house dated to the first century of our era.

The waterfall at Marmore, located in Umbria, is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. It was created by the Romans.