An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

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 text constituted a great compendium of riches: details, many of them startlingly personal and intimate, of the first Roman emperors. Unsurprisingly, then, Einhard treasured it. He knew what ...

This text constituted a great compendium of riches: details, many of them startlingly personal and intimate, of the first Roman emperors. Unsurprisingly, then, Einhard treasured it. He knew what ...

As every year on the same date, February 14, will be an occasion to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day. The origins of this ...

The stone was originally used to delineate agricultural borders between the villages under Roman Emperor Diocletian ... marking the first time the phrase has been seen by modern eyes.

Archaeologists Stunned by a Stash of 1600-Year-Old Roman Gold Coins, Depicting the Profiles of Different Roman Emperors A ...

Originally marking land borders under Roman Emperor Diocletian's tax reforms ... or "censitor," whose name is attested here for the first time. These markers reflect the sweeping tax reforms ...

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic pigment.

We have spent most of our history as oppressed people. For almost two thousand years, we were scattered across the world; in over one hundred countries. Despite all this, we survived and continue to i ...

When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.

It was still there around 300 years later, when the first Roman emperor, Augustus (reigned 27 B.C. to A.D. 14), visited Alexandria. "He was desperate to view the corpse of Alexander," Cartledge said.