The Rome Colosseum, Verona’s impressive arena – everyone knows Italy’s beloved ancient Roman amphitheatres, synonymous with drama and pomp: gladiator conflicts, bloody spectacles and, still to this ...

An Italian travel expert has lauded a colosseum in North Africa that’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site but remains relatively ...

A secret passage used by Roman emperors to arrive at the imperial podium unseen by crowds in the Colosseum has been opened to the public.

Experts say the notorious emperor Commodus may have survived an assassination attempt inside this tunnel, which is now open ...

A long-hidden underground secret passage in Rome's Colosseum will open for visitors to the ancient amphitheatre for the first time later this month, the Colosseum Archaeological Park announced on ...

The battered skull of a brown bear discovered near a Roman amphitheater in Serbia reveals that the wild animal had been kept in captivity for years and was fighting off an infection when it died ...

Archaeologists in London have uncovered a section of Roman masonry that belongs to a nearly 2,000-year-old town hall, in what historians say is one of the most significant discoveries in the British ...