A mosaic of St. Silvester baptizing Emperor Constantine, from the Basilica Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

During the upcoming Jubilee year, millions of Christian pilgrims will flock to the Eternal City’s innumerable holy places.

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The letter was one of many, and was typical of his passionate approach. According to legend, Paul returned to Rome, intent on seeing his controversial approach win out. There he was imprisoned for ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Historic England The room's change of fortune is suggested by two graves being dug in the post-Roman period But nothing, not even Rome, lasts for ever. The mosaic shows a high quality repair in ...

A section of Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea reopens to the public after restoration. The nearly 2,000-year-old site, featuring frescoes and mosaics, prepares to welcome tourists for the 2025 Jubilee Year.

The landmark has been given a spruce-up ahead of the Roman Catholic Church's jubilee, which begins on Tuesday.

Fights also included staged hunts, and it’s conceivable that gladiators rode exotic wildlife. In Gladiator II, a gladiator rides on a rhinoceros in one fight. In real ancient Rome, soldiers might have ...

mosaics and marbles. The spectacular residence was built in 64 A.D. after a great fire destroyed most of what was then ...