Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2000 years.

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the ...

Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military colony. Thousands of years later, it was unearthed. The major discovery ...

Istrian Peninsula has a rich history that stretches back over 2,000 years, starting as a Roman colony for over 650 years before becoming part of the Byzantine Empire. In the Middle Ages ...

the Republic of Rome founded a colony called Liternum on Italy’s west coast, just north of present-day Naples. Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

Build a flourishing Roman colony in an expanding empire. Fortify the city to protect it from plentiful outside threats, grow and harvest resources, and attract and retain citizens. Balance the ...

One of the graves found in Liternum Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'area metropolitana di Napoli Archaeological excavations in the ancient Roman colony of Liternum, ...