The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure from plumbing, wine, and cosmetics led to cognitive decline ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator ...

The have been remembered by history as long-haired warlords who held sway over France as Europe emerged from the ashes of the Roman Empire and ...

Snake bracelets from Egypt's Roman Period dating to the first century. THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK In 332 BC, ...

U sing a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress Sonja Anderson The intricately crafted coffin dates back more than ...

Pagans in Europe and the Middle East gave presents at several winter festivals, including Saturnalia, a raucous Roman festival in honor of Saturn, god of agriculture, which began on Dec. 17.

The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of Advent mentioned with anything like clearness, is a passage in the second book of the History ... exists in the Roman Church ...

New findings reveal the evolution of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, uncovering its transformation from a quarry to ...