About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory: the Lower ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable find with the help of advanced AI that could challenge longstanding beliefs about ...

Roman society : a social, economic, and cultural history by Boren, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1921-2013 Publication date 1977 Topics Sozialgeschichte, Rome -- History, Rome (Empire), Römisches Reich, ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a fish sauce, often known as garum, eaten throughout the Roman Empire ...

A team of researchers has managed to extract and sequence DNA from fish remains found in an ancient Roman salting factory in ...

Portus lulius was a Roman naval base at Misenum, which used to be the headquarters of the Roman Empire’s fleet in the ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...