Rome’s rise from a small settlement to the center of a vast empire was deeply influenced by geography. The city developed around a strategic crossing of the Tiber River, aided by the presence of Tiber ...

Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city Elizabeth Djinis - History Correspondent A grand tour of Rome’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Rome is the only city where you can travel over 2,000 years of history on your way to lunch, and nobody acts impressed. Ancient engineers, rival nations, secret keyholes, and daily coin tosses all ...

Do you know “Who was the first king of Rome?” Ancient Rome’s origins are wrapped in symbolism, legend, divine ancestry, and political evolution. This makes the identity of its earliest ruler far more ...

Most major archaeological discoveries don't start with anything dramatic. They start with a gravel pit. That's exactly what happened in Cham, a small municipality in the canton of Zug in central ...

If you are like me, you are headed home for the holidays. While there may be an even longer list of taboo dinner table subjects this year than any other, the two things we can all agree on is that ...

The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often ...

ROME — Buongiorno, my hundreds of fellow tourists crowding the Trevi Fountain on this bright spring day. Doesn’t it look magnificent? Isn’t it grand? Aren’t you happy to be the first high-season ...