Across the Roman empire, wild animals were exploited for public entertainment. In these "spectacles," often held in amphitheaters like the famed Colosseum in Rome, animals were used as circus ...

Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...

An exclusive report claims that Netflix's TV series adaptation of Assassin's Creed will start with Ancient Rome.

The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won’t be hosting any electronic dance music parties on his watch. Simone ...

Cleveland Museum of Art has brought together 25 works — paintings, drawings, antiquities — that trace the evolution of ...