The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

During the late third century, the Roman Emperor Diocletian divided the vast empire into two halves to make it easier to govern. The Western Roman Empire was ruled from Milan, while the Eastern Roman ...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once said, “be like the cliffs against which the waves break and break.” Here are the stories of eight nations who stood like cliffs against the might of Rome ...

A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Roman Empire during the period AD 14-117, with accompanying maps and introductory notes. It ...

the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study Sonja Anderson The votive plaque was found amid the ruins of an ancient Roman fortress.

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Clearly, you would support having knowledge of the Roman Empire. Why? Severino: Indeed. It’s part of our Western patrimony, which we have to reconnect with, we have to learn, we have to understand.

Nevertheless, these unprepossessing ruins, easily missed as you drive up the Red Sea coast, were the landing point for generations of Indian merchants travelling to the Roman Empire and were once ...

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed a hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era coins in an unusual place — north of the empire's defensive lines. When you purchase through links on our site ...

After playing the new city-builder game Citadelum for just over four hours, I can definitively say that it’s right for a specific kind of person: those who are obsessed with the Roman Empire.