“The Aeneid” is the story of an exiled Trojan prince, who founds the first settlement in Italy after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks in the 12th century BC.

In the early 12th century BC, ... (106-48 BC) consolidated Rome's hold over its eastern provinces, annexing Syria and reducing Judaea to a dependent, diminished Temple state, ...

This 12th century castle in the ‘green heart’ of Italy is transforming into an ... yet is still more than a two-hour drive away in Rome. ... which was created by the Romans in 271 BC. ...

Its history dates back to ancient times, believed to have been founded by the Elymians, an ancient Sicilian people, around the 6th century BC. Later, a significant Roman town with fluences from ...

Once a small 12th century BC city, the Sunken City of Ancient Epidaurus on the Argolid Peninsula is now one of the world’s most spectacular underwater archaeology sites.

American historian Eric H. Cline argues that several modern factors are pushing us closer to a collapse of civilization similar to the one that occurred in the 12th century BC, which led to the ...

They detected a gradual shift to drier conditions from the 13th century BC into the 12th century BC. More importantly, both lines of evidence indicated three straight years of severe drought, ...

Officials secured the area around one of two 12th century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna, fearing its leaning could lead to collapse. The city on Friday announced ...

Our research challenges this timeline and argues instead for an origin of the Protogeometric style during the 12th century BC in northern Greece and so proposes a new start date for the iron ages.

But Mr Fingernagel says it is very different from other medieval maps and is clearly a copy of a much earlier document, dating back to the 5th century. "In maps from the 12th or 13th century, ...