Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Gladiator II is the sequel nobody saw coming. The original finished with Maximus and Commodus dead and we felt confident that ...

Odessos continued to thrive throughout the era of the Roman Empire—Varna has one of Europe’s largest preserved Roman bath complexes, originally built in Odessos in the second century A.D.—but it ...

Contrary to the "strength and honor" depicted in Hollywood films "Gladiator" and "Gladiator II," some ancient Romans ...

Statues don’t talk, evidently ... reads: I was once a citizen of ancient Rome. / Now they call me Abate Luigi. / I won eternal fame in urban satire / Along with Marforio and Pasquino. / I suffered ...

The custom of throwing coins into the Trevi Fountain has very ancient roots, dating back to the times of the ancient Romans, ...

Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artefacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of ...

A legal fight over whether a prized ancient Greek statue at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles should be returned to Italy will head to Europe's highest court, an attorney said Friday in Rome.