A new pathway offers intimate views off 'backstage' area where gladiators and beasts waited, before being released to the arena to meet their fate

Alleged victim suffers lacerations to his face; stabber escapes scene on motorcycle; unclear if either men Jewish

The center-left candidate faces an uphill battle for city hall, but boasts an 1,800-year-old Roman-Jewish pedigree and a knack for bridging communities

Archaeologist in charge of dig site in area identified with city's founding says the find not a tomb but is 'very likely... a memorial site' to Romulus

Premiering January 21 ahead of March 2 opening of the Secret Vatican Archives for 1939-1958, film provides historical context for 17 million pages of documents to be released

The Sibylline Oracles, likely written by a Jew post-Vesuvius eruption, ostensibly prophecy the city's devastation as divine retribution for sacking of Second Temple 9 years prior

'It was innocent,' says Olga Segal of her attempt to etch her dance troupe's name on a column that 'had names of people from all over the world scrawled on it'

According to report the woman was on a trip to Italy chaperoning a dance troupe; witness denies she carved initials on a pillar, says it was only chalk 'and every one does it'

The tourist will face vandalism charges after trying to scratch her husband and children's initials onto a column of the ancient arena