Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

In Greek myth ... are often portrayed in Roman texts as being in the company of “bad” emperors such as the supposedly cruel ...

The very title of the film, directed by Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Álvarez, is a direct reference to a legendary figure: the founding myths of ancient Rome speak of the two twins who laid the ...

In its announcement of the house’s excavation this week, the Pompeii Archaeological Park compared the little domicile to the ...

The House of Phaedra appears to prove that tiny houses - those without an atrium - were as richly decorated as their grander ...

Recent excavations uncovered a Roman monument at the Open-Air Museum of the Roman villa of Hechingen-Stein, Germany. The ...

We take a closer look at hermits in art, from ancient statuaries to garden gnomes reimagined by Paul McCarthy.

The house is striking for the high level of wall decorations. It has been provisionally named the House of Phaedra after the ...

A recently excavated house contains at least four paintings including an artistic depiction of copulation between a satyr and a nymph.

An indispensable guide to the archaeological history of ancient Rome ... for those looking to understand the myths and legends that governed the Greco-Roman Empire.

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny ...

A fresco featuring the bright blue paint of the newly opened room; a scanning electron image of an ancient Roman concrete sample with lime clast, highlighted in red; Dr. Masic inspecting the ...