New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is at the center of the city ... Other attractions in the area include Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum and Circus Maximus. When you've finished ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves. Order had given way to ...

Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul. In the early days, Rome was ruled by kings. Romulus was supposedly the first king. The last king was Tarquin ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient ... area around the Roman Forum, Palatine ...