A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The Romans didn’t just share roads and baths – they shared toilets too. From stone benches to sponge sticks, their bathroom setup was public and practical.

It sounds awful to a modern person, but it seems the Romans did not complain about the smell of the ancient city that much.

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...

Why it stands out: Spain’s most complete Roman city is full of monumental ruins and minimal crowds. Mérida is often called the best place in Spain to experience Roman history as it is ...

The Roman method of keeping clean was a surprisingly dirty business involving gambling and dodgy dealing. How fitting then that York's Roman bath-house was discovered beneath a pub?

An excavation in Sicily uncovered a mosaic-filled Roman bath. The thermal complex is one of the largest ever found on the Italian island, and could be one of the most decorated. The discovery was ...

The claim: Malta's 'Roman tidal baths,' built thousands of years ago, show climate change isn't happening A June 30 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of what appears to be the ...

The Roman Baths have lost more than £90,000 in donations since telling visitors not to throw coins in a 2,000-year-old cold plunge pool and to donate through contactless payments instead. The ...

The claim: Malta's 'Roman tidal baths,' built thousands of years ago, show climate change isn't happening A June 30 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of what appears to be ...

A Roman bathhouse that is one of the country's leading tourist attractions is losing more than £90,000 a year in donations after making a popular wishing well 'contactless.' ...