An ancient Roman villa — resplendent with beautifully preserved black-and-white mosaics — has been unearthed under a block of flats at the foot of the Aventine Hill. Archaeologists first exposed the ...

On Aventine Hill, a simple green door hides one of Rome’s most striking views. Through its tiny keyhole, St. Peter’s Basilica appears perfectly framed by the gardens of the Knights of Malta. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV opened the Catholic church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over the Ash Wednesday Mass in Rome. Leo revived ...

I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that the ancient Romans chose to explain their origins with tales of defeat, invasion, fratricide, communal rape and assassination. The city, which eventually ...

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To be plebeian in Roman times simply meant you were not born into the ruling class. Many plebs were very rich - and the leafy Aventine was their district of choice, a Classical-era Beverly Hills ...