Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ancient Greeks and Romans recognized that the climate changes over time ...

Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned.

At the beginning of Charles Freeman’s lively survey of Greek thought after the Romans began running the world, readers attend a party stocked with Stoics, Platonists, Peripatetics (Aristotelians), ...

The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was Germanic, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans?

From packed train carriages to busy shopping centers, being crammed together in often poorly ventilated spaces had become so normal that it has taken us a long time to get used to social distancing.

Matthew Sparkes wonders why the ancient Greeks didn’t go on to develop greater mechanical marvels than they did. I believe the answer may lie in the changing political forces of the time, as the ...

Depending on which source is cited, the Italian autonomous region of Sicily has been invaded from 12 to 15 times. Each of these civilizations has contributed to the layered history of the island.

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, the study adds to evidence that statues were more than slabs ...

In many developed countries, the price of property has risen so high it's meant the dream of home ownership has faded for many people. Often, renting isn't a much better option, with an undersupply of ...

New research shows Roman gold and silver mining in the Balkans was central to imperial finances, coinage, and power for ...