Romans Babies weren't supposed to be mourned in the Roman Empire. These rare liquid-gypsum burials prove otherwise. The Sun Northern lights may be visible from several US states Friday and Saturday as ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...

AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving to ...

High school history books have no problem rendering unto Caesar Augustus his due. Known as the first and greatest of all ancient Roman emperors, the grand nephew of Julius Caesar, born Gaius Octavius, ...