When the SS Imperator entered service, it was the largest ship ever built and a symbol of national pride. But behind the grandeur was a vessel plagued by design flaws, stability problems, and costly ...

A co-production between HBO and the BBC, "Rome" was a massive undertaking that remains one of the best prestige television shows despite being so short-lived. Created by Bruno Heller, John Milius, and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Rome Empire War: Strategy Games Ever since Rome 2's disappointing release back in 2013, it feels like the Total War series has been lost and in… I’ve been ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Thus will we all be, once Death carries us away!” That is how the parvenu tycoon Trimalchio greets the pièce ...

The vast site of Portus holds the key to understanding how Rome evolved from a mighty city to an empire Portus, now some two miles from the Mediterranean shoreline, was built by the Romans in the 1st ...

Archaeologist Katherine Rinne stands beside a large ancient Roman springhouse that may belong to the lost "Carestia" spring, one of the possible sources of the Aqua Traiana. Few monuments that survive ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well ...