Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad as originally deduced, the mosaic may actually be a reference to the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman forum from more than 2,000 years ago at the site of an unknown city. A team of researchers made the discovery at the archaeological site La Cabañeta in ...

During the Second Punic War, the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal led his forces to numerous victories. But did he really take war elephants across the Alps?

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that ...

A new study analyzing declassified Cold War satellite imagery reveals 396 previously undocumented Roman forts and reports that these forts were constructed from east to west, spanning from what is now ...

In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a region of Germania undergoing pacification. In the years that followed several attempts were made to capture or kill the German mastermind, ...

We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...