Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician and inventor, was killed by Romans when they attacked Syracuse. Different versions of Archimedes' end survive.

Jun 20, 2010 - Luke Arnott

After appearing as a small village in the 900s B.C.E., Rome became a prominent city between 616 and 506, while dominated by foreign kings. In 506 Rome won its independenc

Dec 5, 2008 - Miles Burk

Famously, the Founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were suckled by a wolf. The story of the two brothers ended in bloodshed

Mar 12, 2011 - Sarah Maguire

According to historians Polybius, Livy, and Plutarch, the Greek inventor Archimedes created many devices to repel the Romans when they besieged Syracuse.

Jun 18, 2010 - Luke Arnott

The mausoleum of Ateban in Thugga, fifty miles to the south-west of Carthage in what was Numidia, stands an impressive 69 ft/21 metres high.

Feb 25, 2011 - Jane Owen

During the Classical Greek period, Dionysus was the focus of a state cult. But was he also the subject of a mystery cult, as he was in the Roman period?

Jul 7, 2011 - Kevin Stoba

The Abbazia di Santo Stefano is a fascinating amalgam of four churches and two courtyards located in Bologna, Italy.

May 13, 2011 - Lindsey Schuhmacher

Writers Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Pico show the slow change from the ideals of the Medieval Era to the humanism of the Renaissance.

Jun 4, 2010 - Iemima Ploscariu

Romulus is said to have founded Rome in 753 BC, but the legendary roots of ancient Rome extend back another four centuries, to the Trojan hero Aeneas.

Jan 18, 2010 - Terrie Schultz

Long before Rome became the greatest empire of the ancient world, it was ruled by a succession of seven kings whose history is intertwined with legend.

Jan 7, 2010 - Terrie Schultz

The Battle of the Ticinius was the first clash between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and his Roman foes, and the first of Rome's many defeats at his hands.

Dec 7, 2008 - Miles Burk

What is the point of studying ancient history? This article will help to clear up what it is exactly, and why it is so important to keep it alive and continue learning f

Mar 3, 2006 - Robin Fowler

A synopsis and brief examination of Shakespeare's most political play.

Jun 3, 2011 - Samantha Markham

The top 10 most popular baby girl names for 2010 and what they mean, too.

Nov 16, 2010 - Crissi Enger

To most people Gladiators and gladiatorial fights are associated with the Roman Empire. Evidence shows that this kind of blood games is much older than that.

Feb 25, 2010 - Ivan Castro

Hannibal of Carthage swore to his father that he would take revenge on Rome. What followed was the Second Punic War; a war that would shape one Empire and doom another.

Nov 27, 2009 - James Tennant

Works of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian philosopher, writer, statesman, diplomat and great political theorist of the Italian Renaissance.

Sep 28, 2009 - Tel Asiado

At Lake Trasimene, the Carthaginian general Hannibal used fog and nearby hills to ambush a Roman army under the consul Flaminius and pin them against the shore of a lake.

Dec 8, 2008 - Miles Burk

In his youth Niccolo Machiavelli had been a very promising scholar, indeed he was a fine example of a Renaissance man if there ever was one.

Oct 23, 2008 - Barry Vale