A prime target for pirates This latest find is not the first of its kind on Pantelleria. In 2010, a similar cache of 107 ...

Photos show the valuables, likely hidden during an ancient pirate attack. Thomas Schäfer and other archaeologists have been excavating ancient Roman ruins on the island of Pantelleria for 25 ...

Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by pirates, or slaves bought outside Roman territory. In hard times, it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to ...