The sale of the Flying Rhino was finalized June 20, with new owners Enton Mehillaj and wife, Oriola Koci purchasing the ...

The holiday marks the unofficial start of summer and honors those who have died in the nation’s wars. Here’s how it all began. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest ...

A stone head of Livia Drusilla, third wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus, revolves endlessly, gazing at unexpected scenes from eras she could have never imagined. Unearthed, encased in glass, and ...

Having begun design phases before Zaha Hadid’s death, the 74-room Romeo Roma hotel is Zaha Hadid Architects’s (ZHA) first-ever adaptive reuse design and one of her last projects. Inside its ...

The hotel is filled with juxtaposing details, from Hadid’s signature flowing lines to a bust of the first Roman empress, Livia Drusilla, in the lobby. The reception sees gold brass structures that ...

A small bust of Livia Drusilla, wife of Emperor Augustus, now surveys the old courtyard. A swimming pool in the new courtyard incorporates a glass floor above the ruin.

Most Roman women of this era were relegated to the roles of wives and mothers, but exceptions abound—like Livia Drusilla, Rome’s first empress, and Julia Domna, who mediated the co-emperorship ...

Livia Drusilla — the wife of emperor Augustus — was the first to be called “Augusta.” She oversaw state affairs in the absence of her husband in addition to handling the family’s businesses and real ...

The series charts Drusilla's rise to power, and is full of gripping political maneuvers. Livia Drusilla was forced into exile following the assassination of Julius Caesar but returned to Rome a ...

Firstly, it confirms that the Piazza Pia excavation is within the area of the Horti of Agrippina the Elder, Caligula’s mother. Also from Piazza Pia, but from excavations in the early last century, ...