The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed.

The Etruscans and Romans were fierce rivals and clashed in pivotal wars. What were the major battles that defined this ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

India was the center of ancient trade, not China, historian William Dalrymple said, debunking popular historical claims at ...

A stunning 1,000-year-old artifact has been unearthed at the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo in Verona, Italy by Federica ...

the site of a Roman colony in central Italy. This settlement has long been written off as a failed backwater, but new evidence suggested it flourished even as the Roman Empire crumbled around it. The ...

The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.

The “total fertility rate” is a coarse estimate of the number of children an average woman will bear. A population will be ...