Ancient Rome

What the Show Claims

• ›Ancient Aliens references an incident in ancient Rome that reportedly involved UFO sightings and changed the course of human history. The event is presented as evidence of extraterrestrial visitation in antiquity.

What Archaeology Says

Roman historical texts contain occasional accounts of unusual celestial phenomena, typically interpreted as comets, meteors, or atmospheric phenomena by classical scholars. Ancient Romans attributed such events to divine omens rather than extraterrestrial visitation.