The gladiator Spartacus escaped captivity from a gladiator training school, terrified ancient Rome’s elite with raids on plantations and raised a fighting force of 70,000 escaped slaves that ...

When the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps from Spain to Italy in 218 B.C., he reportedly brought 70,000 men, 20,000 horses and 37 elephants. Carthage wasn’t the first ancient military ...

Prime Video's underrated Roman epic war TV series combines history and adventure, and it's a must-watch show.

Expecting historical accuracy in Hollywood is always a big ask. Even the most sensational stories often need a bit of exposition and expansion to capture an audience's attention. It's the nature of ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

Ancient Rome is very used to being looked at. We see versions of it everywhere: in films and TV series, in school syllabi, and in contemporary politics. Melbourne Museum’s exhibition Rome: Empire, ...

The Roman Empire is one of the most famous empires in history, which at one point was basically the world's first superpower with how much of the world it encompassed. It has been a fascinating ...

Bestselling novelist Robert Harris joins Q’s Tom Power to discuss his new book, Agrippa, and the parallels between ancient Rome and current U.S. politics.

This silver denarius, minted over 2,000 years ago, is hardly the most attractive Roman coin. And yet, the coin is vital evidence for the early stages of a political struggle that culminated in ...