Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...
Exceptionally Heavy Roman Gold Ring Unearthed in Bulgaria's Ancient Bononia. Archaeologists working at the Ancient Bononia site in Vidin, Bulgaria have made a remarkable discovery ...
What does a rock star do once they retire? If you’re Bill Wyman, you pursue your passion for archaeology. The former Rolling Stones bass player is an amateur archaeologist. He’s discovered Roman ...
Archaeologists in Budapest, Hungary, opened a rare and untouched Roman sarcophagus for the first time in 1,700 years, finding ...
The sarcophagus was found among abandoned houses in a quarter of Aquincum that had been vacated in the 3rd century and later repurposed as a burial ground. Nearby discoveries included a Roman aqueduct ...
There are very few people who know more about the history of ancient Rome than Mike Duncan. The creator and host of the tremendously popular History of Rome podcast, which first aired between 2007 and ...
A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a thermal complex in a Roman villa in Agrigento, revealing a larger and more intricate Roman ...