In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, meaning it was nearly 100 years old when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 ...

Archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, unearthing a new hidden tomb dating back to the first century BC.This remarkable find, located beneath ...

The burial has been found in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. Although there were some female gladiators, ...

AMMAN — In the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, Gerasa (modern Jerash) had operational quarries, which are types of open-pit mines used for excavating dimension stone, rock, sand or gravel from the ...

The Antikythera shipwreck, which dates to the 1st century BC, was originally discovered in the Aegean Sea by sponge divers in 1900. In the decades since, ...