The 1748 Nolli Map of Rome is the best map of any city ever for three reasons: accuracy, detail, and influence. I’m not going to say it’s THE MOST accurate, detailed, or influential map ever ...

The best hotels in Rome complement the Eternal City’s rich tapestry of art, culture and cuisine. With a hospitality scene that has just hit its stride, this city seemingly debuts new hotels each ...

By the time Rome conquered Greece in 146 BC, Sparta was already a shadow of its former self, far from the mighty and fearsome superpower of the ancient world. Nonetheless, Sparta’s decline was not ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago. Credit: Flickr/ Colin Bewes CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 On March 15th, a group of ancient ...

Rome's Largo Argentina site to host historical re-enactment of Caesar's assassination as well as performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Rome will mark the Ides of March and the assassination of ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study.

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Holland describes the text as “ancient Rome’s Popbitch.” “It is full of scandal, and extraordinary detail, but it is also very psychologically astute,” he told The Guardian. “It has the quality of a ...

Alesia is arguably the most revered location, having held the most brutal and significant battle, where Caesar’s conquest of the town was intensified by the powerful walls circulating the location to ...

View of the three-dimensional map on the Ségognole 3 cave floor. Credit: Dr. Médard Thiry Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest 3D map, located within a quartzitic sandstone ...

It features 632 sites across the UK, Europe and into Africa including urban settlements and mountain passes The map covers approximately 4 million square miles (10 million square km) of land and ...