Archaeologists have dug up 421 ancient Roman shoes at the site of the Vindolanda fort, on Hadrian’s Wall, in...

Tertius the Brewer, Junius the Cooper and Julius Classicus – the up-and-coming military commander who would turn traitor against...

Pompeii’s Antiquarium Museum has reopened after 36 years. Its new exhibition includes a vivid audio-visual recreation of the moment...

Back in 2012, Grant Adamson, a doctoral candidate at Rice University, was able to decipher a 1,800-year old letter...

Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was born Marcus Annius Verus on April 26, 121 AD of an aristocratic family of...

THE DISCOVERY OF DAIRY FATS ON ANCIENT POTTERY MAY INDICATE DAIRYING HIGH IN THE ALPS OCCURRED AS EARLY AS...

Though long since reduced to ruins, the line of Hadrian’s Wall is still visible through the countryside of northern...

An ancient Roman bathhouse and a large wine factory, which is either Roman too or Byzantine, have been uncovered...

The revolt of the gladiator Spartacus in 73-71 BCE remains the most successful slave revolt in the history ofRome....

The Roman Empire saw one of the first truly professional armies in history, and became the inspiration for European...

According to the Roman historian Suetonius, Augustus boasted that he had found Rome a city of mudbrick and left...

Beyond the ambit of military triumphs, the Romans were known for both their architectural and engineering prowess. And sometimes...