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In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic underwent a moment of severe crisis following the death of Caesar. This was during the transformation to its second phase as an empire. Prosperity and territorial expansion had filled Rome with money and slaves. Rome was a republic, but it had never been a democracy. Since the beginning, patricians each had...

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Italy was ground zero for the Roman world (at least until it split into East and West) and is where many of the most impressive Roman ruins are found today. Italy is full of excellent ancient Roman ruins worth visiting. Some of them are well-known while others are lesser known (like the peculiar Mouth of Truth in Rome). Here are 10 of the best anci...

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Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euros (dollars) that were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors.  The returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York from a storage unit belonging to Bri...

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It’s around 200 CE, in Ephesus, an Aegean city of Greek roots, now a major hub of the Roman Empire. Meandering down marble-paved Curetes Street, a dweller is lost in the bustle of the town, procuring produce and wares in shops tucked beneath the colonnades, attending the public baths – even a conveniently placed brothel. It all plays out alongside...

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This summer’s blockbuster movie Barbie has completely captured the attention of the world, and we’re all seeing pink. Inspired by TimeOut, Italics has compiled a list of perfectly pink places across the most fashionable country to find a piece of Barbie Land in the Bel Paese. The whimsically blush pink beach of Budelli in the La Maddalena Archipela...

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The wealthy Roman patrician Gaius Antonius lies on the terrace of his magnificent villa high above the Gulf of Naples and looks out at the sea. A slave serves him wine and exquisite food. Just a few days earlier, Antonius had fled the July heat of Rome to his country estate, which lacks nothing in luxury and amenities. The Senate of the Roman Empir...

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The wreckage of an ancient Roman ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast of Italy. The cargo ship was found off the port of Civitavecchia, about 50 miles (80km) north-west of Rome. It dates from about the 1st or 2nd Century BC and was found laden with hundreds of amphorae - a type of Roman terracotta jar. The pottery was fo...

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July 19 2023 Roma, Italyhttps://youtu.be/Jdm_MT6CvyU

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About four months before the decision of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the intergovernmental organization that has been nominating cities to host world expos since 1931, following Giorgia Meloni's trip to the U.S., the U.S. are endorsing Rome and the Italian bid. "The United States welcomes Italy's bid to host the World Expo in 20...

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Ancient Rome will likely forever be a focal point for historians and archaeologists. We know an astounding amount about their culture, citizens, and long dominant reign. But there’s still plenty we don’t know. Despite the Romans’ ability to document their history fairly well for the time, mysteries inevitably remain. And since Rome’s height of powe...

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