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.