Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in Mount Vesuvius ash, a charred Roman scroll has revealed its author and title ...

RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago. The tightly bound scroll cannot be opened since its delicate, burnt ...

Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of ...

The scroll named PHerc. 172, one of three from Herculaneum housed at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, was scanned last July.

The scroll, found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was ...

A charred Herculaneum scroll, buried by the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption, was identified via X-ray as part of Philodemus’ On Vices ...

In her new book, Jane Draycott tells how through her intelligence, political maneuvering and self-assurance, Fulvia took Rome ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Paradox Tinto will announce “Project Caesar,” its next major title in the grand ...

At the age of 36, the autocratic Augustus Caesar became Emperor and protector of some 50 million souls who inhabited a ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...