Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

A Norwegian archaeologist believes that the Norwegians were on their way to the Roman Empire as mercenaries around the year ...

Those findings paved the way for a series of large, on-the-ground surveys conducted between 2024 and 2025. A team of ...

Excavated at Inveresk in East Lothian, the altars date to around 140AD, a period when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius. Curators believe they offer fresh insights into the beliefs ...

Romans gave Europe more than roads and aqueducts—the modern wine map, vineyard knowledge and tools, and the way wine traveled—all carry Roman fingerprints. ByLayne Randolph, Contributor. Forbes ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

Roman Philosophy Machiavelli’s Roman Empire Sam Spound explains why the author of The Prince thought about Rome so much. In ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?