The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

Rome's famous Colosseum is very much on the radar of tourists, but this mysterious and eerie way of exploring its history is ...

Question for Goldman: Was the Colosseum the original "sports stadium"? Were there other big gathering places? ~Liam Answer: The Circus Maximus in Rome, a long oval-shaped race-course with a spine ...

Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.

Image Near the Colosseum, Contrario Vineria ... than any other building in Rome.” Though fire consumed the fourth-century original in 1823, the basilica was immediately — and faithfully ...

A man filmed carving names into a wall at Rome's ancient Colosseum amphitheatre last week is a tourist who lives in the UK, Italian police say. They say they were able to identify him and the ...

Authorities in Rome are taking action to tackle an infestation of rats around the Colosseum. Tourists have posted videos on social media showing the rodents roaming close to the ancient amphitheatre.

Rome Tours offers a variety of other tours throughout the city, from a comprehensive daytime tour of the Colosseum to a bar crawl. Most tours last about three hours and require that you arrive at ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what not to do ... What could be more Roman than zipping around the Colosseum on the back of a Vespa? A great way to see sights away from the centre ...