What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...

In the 6th century AD, large parts of the world were affected by mysterious weather events causing t...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious ...

In 1872, in the cave of Cavillon in Monaco, archaeologist Émile Rivière (1835-1922) unearthed an app...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheater in the ruins of P...

Photographer Mike Lassiter journeys across South Carolina capturing the stories of historic, often f...

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixi...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an a...

After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the cent...

Family farmers in southwest France practice an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increas...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...