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

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 ...

After reading about the Roman mosaic discovered beneath the construction site of an Aldi supermarket, discover 33 facts about ancient Rome that will change the way you see history. Then ...

Two ancient Roman mosaics worth £560,000 ($700,000) have been temporarily barred from leaving the U.K., buying time for a domestic public collection to acquire them. A potential interested buyer ...

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

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

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In 1295, Pope Boniface VIII commissioned Jacopo Torriti to decorate the new apse with mosaics, including the Coronation of Mary. In 1375-1376, the Romanesque bell tower, the tallest in Rome, was built ...