This interactive timeline of the war in Ukraine shows major attacks, key moments and how the battle lines have shifted in the four years since Russia's all-out invasion.

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine four years ago, there was never much doubt that Roman Ratushnyi would take up arms.

Warm-toned Roman buildings and shaded café corners line the route between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon. The open ...

This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

In honor of President’s Day this past week, Millie and I took a trip to Western Maryland to pay homage to one of Maryland’s most-prolific authors you’ve never heard of. He’s George Alfred ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that ...

When faced with a crisis, the ancient Romans sometimes turned to plagiarism. Take, for instance, the Second Punic War: Hannibal had managed to cross the Alps with his famous elephants and had promptly ...

Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...

The original God of War games are infamous for their sex minigames, which demonstrated Kratos' descent into sadism and nihilism, but should they be included in the upcoming remake?

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found skeletal remains linking the animals to the conflict ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...

The 85 bc Battle of Orchomenos was the epic climax of the First Mithridatic War. Roman commander Lucius Cornelius Sulla once again faced Pontic general Archelaus. Outnumbered at least 4 to 1, Sulla ...