When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

Morgan Jerkins’s second novel spans centuries to paint a compelling portrait of Black love ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had ...

Which material was popularized in ancient Egypt (and later used by Greece and the Roman Empire) for writing books and other ...

But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a ...

What Was a Roman Emperor’s Daily Life Like?' Classicist and author Mary Beard sits down with Tristan Hughes in this filmed podcast for the The Ancients podcast to discuss the role of the Roman Emperor ...

In the worst, it faces the fall of the Roman Empire. As it was for Rome, so too will it be for America — unless, they suggest, we learn the lessons of history. Whether they focus on the fall of ...

She introduces a term I’d never heard, although it goes back to the Roman Empire. For obvious reasons ... death appears throughout European history. It is the great equalizer among humans.