Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds, and what to see and do while there.

These days, it stretches for 38.5 miles, though several monuments and historic sites are centered around an approximately 2-mile stretch along Parco dell'Appia Antica. The park sits roughly 2 ...

The Roman Forum comprises much of the Ancient Rome's most important structures, from shrines to government houses to monuments. Although much of the complex is in ruins, you can see the remains ...

The clean-up of the fountain and other key city sites, is aimed at "returning most of the monuments to the city in time for the start of the Jubilee" Claudio Parisi Presicce, Rome's superintendent ...

The Pantheon we see in the heart of Rome today was built around 125 CE ... from the dismantling that claimed so many other ancient monuments. Yet its survival goes beyond mere luck; it is the ...

Rome’s Trevi Fountain is one of Italy’s most popular monuments, but few visitors are aware of where its water comes from.