Don't know your Latin from your Latium? Never heard of a Mamertine before? Fear not — this is Rome's entire history, start to ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far ...

Before Caesar ruled the Roman Republic, this expansive stretch of territory was a democracy governed by a Senate and several high-ranking elected officials. While this early form of Roman government ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

The cover of "My Roman History" by Alizah Holstein. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) Author Alizah Holstein seemed destined to be a scholar of medieval Roman History. As a teen, she fell in love ...