In 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire officially came to an end when the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. But ...

Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...

Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city Elizabeth Djinis | History Correspondent A grand tour of Rome’s ...

The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often ...

A recent discovery in central Spain has provided archaeologists with a fascinating glimpse into the lives and travels of Roman soldiers. A 1,900-year-old bronze vessel, known as the Berlanga Cup, was ...

Lorraine Boissoneault | Author, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene A painting of the library in the house of Domitian on the Palatine. Rome's long history is explored in a new ...

A remarkable manuscript discovered in Rome has brought to light a rare early copy of Cædmon's Hymn, widely considered the oldest known poem in the English language. Dating to the early ninth century, ...