According to ancient Roman writers, the Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C., after the last king of Rome was deposed. Modern-day historians often consider the official end of the Roman Republic to ...

The Erotic Bard of Ancient Rome The life of Roman poet Catullus was stranger than fiction, but a new biography speculates far more than any history should.

In 11 B.C.E., Augustus created something Rome had never seen before: a permanent government office dedicated entirely to the upkeep and improvement of the capital’s water supply.

Ancient Rome refers to a city that became the center of an empire that flourished for roughly 600 years. During that time, the empire would grow to stretch from northern England to the Middle East ...

C., the Romans submitted to an imperial mode of government under Octavian, who defeated Antony and Cleopatra in 31 B. C . and renamed himself Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

Like many things about ancient Rome, some of the best-preserved evidence for gladiators comes from Pompeii, south of modern-day Naples, Italy. Once a thriving city, Pompeii was buried suddenly by ...

What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs - ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems ...

A breakthrough came in 2016, when the Italian government, the heirs of the Torlonia princes, and the foundation that manages the family’s artistic patrimony signed an accord to display the works ...

Archaeologists have uncovered dozens of 2,000-year-old army camps from Ancient Rome in Spain, according to a new study. The research, published in Geosciences, details the enormity of the Roman ...