Barbarian invasions, Christianity and climate change are often blamed for Rome's collapse, but this video argues the deeper problem was internal. Rome never created a reliable system of imperial ...

ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors to the Italian capital can now visit and tread a hidden walkway in the Colosseum used by Roman emperors to safely and ...

The corridor, attributed to Emperor Commodus who reigned between 180 and 192 CE, is infamous for its association with the cruel ruler who was passionate about combat in the arena. The Passage of ...

Visitors to the Colosseum will be able to walk in the footsteps of emperors as the Roman landmark opens a once-secret passageway that the rulers used to enter the arena without mixing with the masses.

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator ruled the 00s with $465.4M at the box office. Its most brutal moment? Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Aurelius chose ...

Visitors to the Italian capital can now visit and tread a hidden walkway in the Colosseum used by Roman emperors to safely and discreetly travel to the pulvinar, their reserved honour box directly ...