In the remains of the Basilica Ulpia near Trajan’s Column, the city’s imperial past meets its cultural present.

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome. (Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Moment/Getty Images) The Roman Empire helped transform humanity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent emphasis on climate science has impacted how we think about ancient civilizations. Long-held theories about the collapse of ...

During the first part of the two-part special event, viewers tuning in will learn more about the brutal assassination that led to Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, being ushered in.

The two-part special uses dramatic live action sequences, archive footage, and expert commentary to bring to life the crucial ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

In October 1938, Italian archaeologist Amedeo Maiuri made a remarkable discovery during excavations at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii — a small, intricately carved ivory statuette of a female ...