Ancient Rome achieved urban milestones centuries ahead of its time, with innovations like shopping malls, public welfare, and ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

The Roman Empire is divided into two parts ... leaving the Senate—an institution that traced its history to the eighth century B.C.—as little more than a city council. By the time Odoacer ...

What we think of as the Roman Empire lasted from 27 BCE to 476 AD. But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated ...

following the rise of the Roman Empire—and remained relatively high ... and historians to assess the potential effects on history." Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should ...

The man-made pigment was prized highly in the ancient Roman Empire, valued even more than gold. The team found a lump of soft, mysterious, purple substance during their search in the sports club ...

How often do you think about the Roman empire ? Elon Musk claims to think about it every day . Given his frequent references ...

Theatres were built throughout the Roman Empire. Their design was usually a ... were popular while other plays focused on Roman history. The first theatre that was permanently built was the ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

At the centre of ancient Rome was the Forum ... This clip is relevant to teaching History at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Second level in Scotland. Bettany Hughes explores ...