Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Emperor Theodosius I dies ... culminating in the Goth invasion of Italy and the sack of Rome in 410. As Gothic hordes looted the capital that year, the Huns were settling down on the grasslands ...

Last summer, the ornate ruins of Nero’s Theater were discovered during excavations of a Renaissance building in Rome, Italy ... Nero was a Roman emperor who took the throne in A.D. 54 at ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful, that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

The emperors realized that the key to Rome’s stability was keeping its ... as well as those in Italy such as Puteoli, Ostia, and Centumcellae, formed the extensive network that allowed the ...

Italy is auctioning off a vast 16th-century castle built for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in an attempt to ... and of two city gates – one leading north to Rome and the other south to Naples.

With miles of winding streets, along or between the city's historic seven hills, Rome is a lot to maneuver ... The grand structure is dedicated to Italy's first king, Victor Emmanuel II, but ...

Many Roman landlords are turfing out their long-term tenants in the hopes of switching to short-term rentals and cashing in, ...