Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

In his column — featuring the insights and humor we’ve come to expect from Epstein’s work — he compares today’s economists to the augurs of ancient Rome. These worthies of the past ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and ...

Roman texts and artworks are full of depictions of gladiators, the men who fought each other or wild animals to entertain large audiences in amphitheaters. However, because the Romans cremated ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan was among thousands of people who visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday, one day after ...

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a ...

The 3.5-mile route crosses the Tiber River and passes Italy's monumental Tomb of the Unknown soldier, the ancient Roman Forum and the Colosseum before reaching the basilica. The coffin will be met ...

VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful ...

Archaeologists uncovered remains and objects in a Pompeii house, revealing the final moments of residents during the 79 A.D.