Over 2,300 years have passed since the death of Alexander the Great, but he remains one of the most famous historical figures ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Tubi, the free streamer, brings some popular franchise movies and Oscar-winners to the platform among other films, shows, and ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire ... As ...

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Pax Augusta is a highly detailed and highly ambitious city-builder from solo developer Roger Gassman. You take control of a ...

The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived state that emerged during the Fourth Crusade after the sack of Constantinople ...