St. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman ...

A rarely seen painting by Italian master Caravaggio, part of a private collection, is going on display to the public for the ...

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

Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the ...

Politicians like Cicero saw gladiators as vain and self-indulgent, while the true warriors engaged in wars of words.

Officials claim the items once belonged to an influential Etruscan family that lived around the third century B.C.E. Reuters’ ...

A portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio held in a private collection since it was discovered more than 60 years ago is being shown to the public for the first time in a museum in Rome.

It’s clear Caracalla and Geta had an intense rivalry. This was kept in check while their father Septimius Severus was emperor ...

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

There’s a reason Rome is nicknamed “the eternal city”—and not just for the endless remnants of bygone times to uncover across ...

Besides Parthenon Sculptures, many other equally magnificent pieces of Greek art are displayed in various museums around the ...

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