In September of 476 AD, the barbarian commander Odoacer forced the teenaged Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustus to resign his office. The Constantinopolitan chronicler Marcellinus Comes would write ...

“There is nothing more irresistible to an artist than an invitation to come to Italy, and Rome in particular,” Pepi Marchetti Franchi, founding director of Gagosian Rome, tells me. And she’s right.

The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes). The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking ...

In promoting “Caravaggio 2025,” a landmark exhibition bringing together 24 paintings by the beloved Baroque rogue Caravaggio (1571–1610), Rome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini ...

For centuries, Rome’s sites have directly influenced art, architecture, and design. Examine art, design, architecture, urban spaces, and archaeological sites that are relevant to the history and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond. Street Art has been a prominent aspect of Rome’s urban fabric ...

The U.S. Constitution owes a huge debt to ancient Rome. The Founding Fathers were well-versed in Greek and Roman History. Leaders like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison read the historian Polybius, ...

Chocolates, cupids and red hearts galore–sure. But for Valentine’s Day the amorous should take a leaf from the book of ancient Rome’s promiscuous poet Ovid. The Art of Love. The 1 BC Ars Amatoria is ...

ROME — Come check out the exciting new exhibits and get a sneak peek of upcoming events planned for 2019 as the Rome Art & Community Center hosts its Open House from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21.