Last Wednesday, as the sun was rising in Rome and ballots were being counted across America—but before any swing states had been called—I took a brisk walk to the mausoleum of the Emperor Augustus.

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...

Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic ...