Across the Roman empire, wild animals were exploited for public entertainment. In these "spectacles," often held in amphitheaters like the famed Colosseum in Rome, animals were used as circus ...

The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

Roman amphitheaters were more than stone and sand — they were the heartbeat of ancient entertainment, politics, and engineering brilliance. From El Jem’s towering arches in Tunisia to the Colosseum’s ...

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won’t be hosting any electronic dance music parties on his watch. Simone ...

FORT WORTH - The Torlonia Collection of ancient sculpture, a portion of which has just arrived at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, offers a dazzling glimpse of the Roman world and a compelling ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...