Ancient marble bust of Emperor Caracalla, 212-217. In the collections of the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Instances of xenophobia shook the cities, each one worse than the next, in the anxious years of ...

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 ...

The Roman Empire is one of the most famous empires in history, which at one point was basically the world's first superpower with how much of the world it encompassed. It has been a fascinating ...

A remarkable late Roman burial uncovered in Colchester, England, is set to go on public display for the first time, offering a rare and vivid window into life and death in the ancient city.

Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...

Rome rose from a humble city-state to dominate the Mediterranean world, conquering vast territories and uniting them under ...

Did the kings of Rome ever really exist, or where they just an invention from the Republic era? This article examines the evidence.

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Marble fragment of a sarcophagus depicting the Roman Senate during a procession on the occasion of the appointment of a consul. Rothman is managing editor at TIME.

Despite extensive records of the history of Rome, little is known about the city's population over time. A new genetic history of the Eternal City reveals a dynamic population shaped in part by ...