Think of an ancient empire and you’re probably picturing an iconic site like the Acropolis in Athens, or Rome's famous forum.

During our most recent visit to Rome, old friends Serenella and Mario Franchi asked my husband and me to dinner. “Where to?” we inquired, and the unequivocal answer was, “In Testaccio, of ...

A 2,000-year-old marble head of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, has been discovered in Isernia, an Italian town in the south central region of Molise.