An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of ... whose lives were far less fabulous. In truth, daily life in Rome would have been far more like that in modern day Cairo or Delhi than Paris ...

Secondly, it serves as a summary of the past few weeks in a new foreign city for whoever is interested in my life. Whereas ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...

I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

An entire block of Pompeii has now been uncovered, revealing a laundry and bakery, as well as the large private house. It's ...

Rome’s the Italian city with the highest number of English-speaking foreign residents. But how much do you really need to be able to live in the capital? With its sunny climate, high concentration of ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

The morning quiet is preceded by the evening rush—with its vibrant street life and eclectic cocktail ... and as one of the most ancient parts of Rome, it feels like a journey back in time.