A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, ...

At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

In ancient Rome, generals could not bring their troops into the city of Rome itself. The reasons for this are as obvious to ...

Caesar was the first Roman commander to violate the rule of no troops being allowed into Rome itself. When successful ...

The Travel Show explores how Rome is planning for ambitious modernisation whilst preserving its ancient roots.

Graffiti, gossip, and the daily gazette: it was easier and harder to get the news in ancient Rome than you might ...

Like Europe’s other ancient cities, Rome is perched on one vast archeological site. The modern city sits on top of the detritus of its predecessor cities, arching back into time almost three millennia ...