An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

In the Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.), the Carthaginian General Hannibal deflected the Romans toward the center and then flanked ...

Rome’s Golden Age didn’t fade quietly it unraveled in chaos. Between 180 and 235 AD, the empire plunged into political instability, economic strain, and military turmoil. Discover how this critical ...

Carlos Alcaraz denied Jannik Sinner, Rome and all of Italy the perfect end to a perfect fortnight, as he took down the world No1 7-6, 6-1 in the final of the Italian Open.

Then came the rivalry with Rome and the three Punic Wars, which ended in 146 B.C. after a brutal siege as the Romans razed Carthage, destroyed its libraries and, tradition says, sowed its ground ...

in 204 B.C. the Roman state consulted a set of prophetic scrolls called the Sibylline Oracles on how best to respond to the pressures it faced as a result of the Second Punic War – Rome’s ...

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But what led to its downfall? The military conquests of ancient Rome, including the conquest of Italy and the Punic Wars, which culminated in the destruction of Carthage by the Roman army in 146 ...

Some Romans feared their prosperity could lead to other mischief, and Warmongers in the Roman Senate finally prodded Rome into the Third Punic War. Unlike the previous two wars, which involved ...

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he paired illustrious Greeks with Romans who lived, in most cases ...

The rivalry between Rome and Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean culminated in the three Punic Wars, fought between the two powers from 264 B.C. to 146 B.C., ending in Roman victory.