with at least a few related to elites of the Xiongnu Empire Sonja Anderson Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights ...

The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in history. Starting in 27 B.C.E. after the fall of the Roman Republic, the impact of the Roman Empire — and its expansion across Europe and beyond — ...

Diocletian, who once ruled territory that now includes Croatia ... that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of everything from purple thread and feathers ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

They ruled over our nation for almost 400 years, bringing with them Roman soldiers with deadly weaponry to build defensive walls and stone forts to protect their new territory. We can still see ...

The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.

Using sparse materials and national symbols, she challenges how civic identity is constructed, remembered and imposed.

The first-of-its-kind find outside the borders of the Roman Empire add a level of intrigue to the origins of the stash. A surprisingly well-preserved shirt of Iron Age chainmail added another ...

Whatever the reasons for its inception, the wall stood as one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain. It was also rebuilt and extended numerous times throughout the Roman ...

Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Credit: Bob3321 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled over the classical world’s most powerful empire. In addition to his achievements as a ...