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, and the other, ...

Her previous book, ‘ SPQR ‘, which is also available in Folio Society edition, took readers on an exhilarating journey back in time to the origins of the Roman Republic, a period in the history of ...

Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...

In 2014, workers building the restaurant on the outskirts of Rome stumbled upon an ancient Roman road. Such finds can usually halt the construction process, but in this case, "McDonald's ...

Ancient Rome was full of master builders and engineers. The fruits of their labors can still be seen in the aqueducts they built—which still function to this day—as well as the Pantheon ...

Researchers have uncovered the remains of an ancient Roman forum at an archaeological site in Spain. The forum was revealed during excavations conducted at the ruins of Ocuri, a Roman city located ...

There can be little doubt over the status of Roman Reigns as the generational face ... in the eyes of the creators and the consumers, real life has continued to churn away where the cameras ...

In ancient Rome, marriage was a civil affair governed ... untainted by the gritty realities of daily life. And as late as the 18th century, the French philosopher Montesquieu wrote that any ...

By following ancient traditions that celebrate seasonal ... especially since modern life rarely forces us to adjust to seasonal adjustments. The importance of experiencing and appreciating ...

Paleontologists have made a fascinating discovery in New York State: fossil remains of an ancient species of arthropod that ...