A fire on the set of "Rome," a completed HBO series on the ancient empire, has damaged part of the famed Cinecitta film studios. No one was reported injured.The blaze, which started late Thursday, burned through about 32,000 square feet, firefighters said. The sprawling complex...

Valentino is planning to paint the city red with festivities marking 45 years as the "numero uno" in Italian fashion.The man who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy for her wedding to Aristotle Onassis, spiffed up the look of once-shy Princess Diana and outfitted Julia Roberts the night...

Work on Rome's Palatine Hill has turned up a trove of discoveries, including what might be the underground grotto where ancient Romans believed a wolf nursed the city's legendary founders Romulus and Remus.Archaeologists gathered Tuesday at a conference to save crumbling monuments on the Palatine...

It was a Midsummer Night's Dream that even Shakespeare would have a hard time matching.A thousand guests _ many of the ladies in Valentino's best _ sipped flutes of sparkling wine, as they strolled past the priceless marble sculptures of the Galleria Borghese museum, on...

The Roman Forum, now over 2,000 years old, is believed to have been built by Romulus, the founder of Rome. It contained a significant number of temples, statues, and churches, and it served among other purposes as a market for farmers as well as a meeting place for Roman statesmen. The Forum is comparable in purpose to Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.