When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

It took two men to wrestle Rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens.

More than 61,000 people have visited the basilica so far to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died April 21.

In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning of ...

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program appear ready to leave the Middle East and an Italian source says the next round would take place in Rome ... to ...

More pre-Roman objects were found in a canal ... of Pompeii during the Social War (91-87 BC), a conflict between the Roman Republic and several autonomous allies, including Pompeii.

In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning ...