Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

A Roman-era skeleton, unearthed in York, England, has provided the first physical evidence that British gladiators engaged in deadly battles not just with each other but with ferocious big cats. The ...

You don't have to be one of those people who can't go a single day without thinking about the Roman Empire to know about the ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...

Researchers are taking inspiration from the Romans to make a building material that's stronger than concrete. After studying ancient Roman concrete and why it doesn't degrade as easily as modern ...