Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome ... The Romans could have obtained their water from the river, wells, and springs, but these sources would have become polluted ...

Josephus himself had gone over to the Roman side at the end of ... [As historians of the ancient world,] Josephus is our primary source for reconstructing history in the late second temple period ...

Reverse-engineering ancient Roman concrete has for decades now been the source of intense study and debate, with a recent paper by Linda M. Seymour and colleagues adding an important clue to the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, a site in northern Israel rich with historical significance. This ...