For of the 21 ancient obelisks still standing, Egypt itself can claim fewer than five. Rome boasts 13 ... Click on the labeled map below to view and review the world's 12 mightiest standing ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient ... Rome. A great meeting place for Romans and visitors alike, the Spanish Steps are an excellent place to simply kick back, relax and watch the world ...

Hadrian’s Villa’s size, opulence, and design touches from the far-flung corners of the empire are “entirely becoming for a man who once possessed the world ... bustle of Rome was nothing ...

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 ...