As May swings into gear, we’ve got another bunch of video games to play. From Age of Empires II‘s latest Expansion to games like Empyreal to dive into. We’ve also got Revenge of the Savage Planet ...

The ancient Roman republic didn’t fall in a day either ... a temporary dictatorship for Sulla, an extraordinary military command for Pompey. Each transgression was justified as a one-off ...

Roman general Sulla stripped Thebes of half its territory in 86 BC ... However, Croesus was defeated in battle by King Cyrus the Great, and Ionia became part of the Persian Empire in 546 BC.

In 87 BC, the Romans launched a counterattack with General Sulla who led his five legions to besiege Athens ... of its most dangerous threat in the eastern parts of the empire. Rome was thus empowered ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Beneath the emotions of loss and reverence, and with a new pope in place, Rome continues its spiritual, cultural and ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland took a somber turn when historians discovered a collection of infant burials from Ancient Rome, along with various other artifacts.

An earthquake in Croatia led to the discovery of an ancient Roman theater in Sisak, according to officials. The theater's orchestra was found in the basement of the town hall during renovations.