Caledonia, as it was known then, was a frustrating place to be a Roman commander. Rome tried three times to conquer it—and ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far ...

These descriptions are not only familiar from ancient Roman political and social life but are also recognizable to any United States citizen who follows the news and American civic life. On the Fall ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

It then transformed into an empire, and even though the Roman state persisted, it was no longer a representative democracy. The fall of the Roman Republic is both complicated and straightforward ...

7,000 glass shards uncovered at a Northumberland archaeological site could hold the key to building a map of the Roman Empire's trade routes. Excavations have taken place at Corbridge Roman Town ...

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.

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, 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 ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The presence of women in Roman military contexts has been established beyond doubt by scholars in recent decades. Nevertheless, very little ...

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 ...

The material, light tan and granular, had been a critical component of the Roman Empire, he said: the precursor to concrete, a mainstay of Roman infrastructure, including the aqueducts that ...