Portus lulius was a Roman naval base at Misenum, which used to be the headquarters of the Roman Empire’s fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Classis Misenensis. This fleet was commanded by Pliny the ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Not every memorable walk involves climbing mountains or heading somewhere remote. Plenty of great routes stick to gentler ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following ...

Christianity from a persecuted sect to the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. It examines key events such as the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, which legalized Christianity, and the Edict of ...

Made from natural materials such as clay, water jug filters have been used for hundreds of years in every continent by ...

Discover how the Roman Empire’s institutions and culture persisted well into 700 AD, challenging the idea that it simply ...

One of the many things mentioned after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was that Al Qaeda had chosen that date as a ...