The origins of Rome have been debated for centuries but one tale has prevailed over the rest: twin brothers Romulus and Remus raised by a she-wolf were destined to found the Eternal City. But how did ...

The Battle of the Allia, fought around 387 BC, was a significant conflict between the Senones, a Gallic tribe led by Brennus, and the Roman Republic in Northern Italy. Positioned at the confluence of ...

ROME — How do we understand the antiquity of a place? It can often be measured in strata — the mound of Hisarlik, the site of ancient Troy, has more than 40 distinct layers of habitation, which means ...

Around 186 BCE, a former slave turned courtesan named Hispala Faecenia fell in love with a young upper-middle class Roman man named Publius Aebutius. Then she learned his mother and stepfather planned ...

Although dedicating much of the treatise to construction and materials, book VIII is about water: how to capture and store water and the architectural constructions that serve this purpose. Water was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jenn Rice is a nomadic journalist who covers food and drink. For years I gazed at the maritozzi in bakeries across Rome, admiring ...