The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a ...

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

Augustus’ record should matter especially ... deep hunger that's driving many Americans to sanctify Trump, as ancient Romans sanctified their emperors — and as Trump has sought to sanctify ...

A young man's brain turned into glass during Mount Vesuvius’ 79 AD eruption. Scientists now study how extreme heat preserved ...

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women ... or ´tutela,´ until they died. By the time of Augustus, however, women with three children (and freedwomen with four) became legally ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... their deaths and the family of Augustus traced their roots back to ...

Built in 19 B.C. to a plan by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the boom in hydrology projects ordered by Augustus, its survival to the present day is a remarkable example of how ancient ...

The months of the year are named after Roman words - including 'June' from the goddess Juno, 'July' from Julius (Caesar) and 'August' from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the ...