A look at a soldier’s diet for a full day, exploring the meals, rations, and nutritional challenges of eating solely military-issued food.

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they ...

An array of allegations are detailed in a new report on conditions inside Erie County’s jails after more than a dozen clergy ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...

The once-thriving city of Pompeii, near Naples, and its surroundings were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.

Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

The gladiators of ancient Rome are nearly always imagined as figures of perfect physical presence. They’re popularly pictured as lean, muscular and bronzed from their bouts under the Mediterranean sun ...

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining historical records with modern mapping techniques, researchers mapped hundreds ...

An international research team has created a new map of the Roman Empire — and it expands the ancient road network by more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). "The 200-year research history on ...