As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

The Michigan Daily’s Digital Culture beat is summarizing March’s most impactful digital trends — all to fit in one minute of ...

Opera Santa Barbara builds on its recent success with a calling-card season that spans three centuries of the operatic repertoire. “After some timely ...

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Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

Over two millennia ago, the Romans built a canal while battling the Celts, and scientists in France may have just […] ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

A stunning study of Octavian’s victory monument in Nicopolis, Greece, reveals how massive ships gave him the edge in the 31 ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

The local clan of riverside turkey buzzards — or vultures if you want to get persnickety about proper nomenclature — have recently returned to their customary seasonal residence on the wooded island ...