Learn more about "Larva Convivalis,” or banquet ghosts that served as a morbid reminder that you won’t live forever, so live ...

Banqueting and death were often linked in Roman art and literature, according to the Getty. In the novel "The Satyricon," ...

The song thrush was the most abundant species in an assemblage of animal bones found in an ancient Roman trash pit © Andyworks via Getty Images Ancient Romans in ...

The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

On the island of Mallorca, in what was once the ancient Roman city of Pollentia, researchers have unearthed evidence of street food vendors selling an item long believed to be reserved for the elite.

With the help of authors from ancient Rome whose texts have survived, modern chefs can reconstruct several popular desserts ...