Rome’s Colosseum not only hosted gladiatorial games, but also animal hunts, mock-up naval battles, and even a few plays.

“Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide” is an illustrated introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire. Published as a companion volume to Diana E. E. Kleiner’s ...

Rome is famous for its grand public architecture, like the greatest amphitheater ever built, the largest church in the world, and a Baroque fountain big enough to jump in. Size has mattered for ...

Contemporary design generally insinuates itself in central Rome in subtle ways, exemplified by the glassy elevator and rooftop terraces installed in 2007 out of sight behind and atop the vast Beaux ...

Archaeologists in France have excavated a “remarkably preserved” Roman mausoleum, one of only 18 ever discovered in the ...

The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the supply ...

A new GOP-backed bill would codify President Trump’s executive order last month to make American architecture “great again” ...

Trump orders new federal buildings to follow ancient Greek and Roman architecture, linking modern US design to classical ...