A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...

For example, a silver denarius from the Holy Roman Empire discovered by metal detectorists in Poland was minted more than 1,000 years ago to establish King Otto III’s association between ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...

This remarkable find sheds light on the administrative practices of the Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, revealing details about the organization of territorial boundaries, land ...

Few grocery shoppers in a regular central Strasbourg supermarket have any idea that below their feet is a third-century tower that once helped defend the Roman empire. The ancient semi-circular ...

As the name implies, each episode of roughly an hour covers a historical topic in brief, everything from the history and uses of English castles to the Industrial Revolution. The first one I listened ...

"This papyrus is extraordinary because it provides direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire," says Dr. Dolganov. Dr. Ecker adds, "This is the best-documented Roman court ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to ...

In some parts of the Roman Empire, abortion and infanticide were ... believed that Mary had conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and through her, Jesus Christ — second person of the ...