A nearly yearlong excavation project in northern Switzerland is offering a glimpse into life in some of the Roman empire’s ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport.

A new study, though, has posited that a climactic event called the Late Antique Little Ice Age may have been the straw that ...

Core elements of Roman law can be traced back to the ancient Greek world. Roman law has been fundamental to the foundations ...

Scientists have determined that bite marks on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for gladiators ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...