The Roman elite viewed public toilets as an instrument that flushed the filth of the plebes out of their noble sight. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Images and Museo Nazionale ...

According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.

A recent discovery in the United Kingdom shows that chunky jewelry has always been in fashion – even in Ancient Rome. Wessex Archaeology announced the discovery of the unusual eight-sided ring in a ...

According to Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro, the city of Rome was founded in April 753BC. and was formed from settlements gathered around the River Tiber. The early inhabitants of Rome were a ...

Ancient Romans in Britain were riddled with intestinal parasites that spread through human feces. Roundworms and whipworms both live in the intestine and cause various ailments, including abdominal ...

Donald Trump’s unleashing of an armed mob on the Capitol to overturn an election on January 6, 2021 was a stark warning of the fragility of democracy. And there have been other signs of strain. At a ...