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

Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

When Pope Francis left the hospital on March 23, his doctors said he was going to observe a two-month period of rest and ...

Stars of the beloved TV musical series, including Debra Messing and Christian Borle, reunited for the premiere of the ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

At least 245 Ukrainian POWs have been killed by Russian forces since the full-scale invasion, according to Ukrainian prosecutors. They allege it’s part of a deliberate strategy encouraged by Russian ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

The British academic publisher, Routledge, has launched “Routledge Revivals” to re-issue some classic works that have been long out of print. Originally published in 1983, Barbarians and Romans is a ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...