Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern ...
Drawing on the famous judgment of Edward Gibbon and the testimony of ancient sources, this detailed historical analysis explores the Roman Empire between 98 and 180 AD, the age of the so-called Five ...
One theory suggests the infamous Roman emperor survived an assassination attempt in the tunnel now open to the public.
Cultural cringe’, that lovely Aussie coinage, perfectly describes the Roman attitude towards Greece. The curators don’t say so, but ...
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
During the reign of Emperor Claudius, according to Pliny the Elder, a Roman ship sailing along the coast of Arabia was driven ...
A 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered in Spain may be the first direct evidence confirming Hannibal’s use of war elephants in his campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War.
Scandinavian archaeology has spent decades unearthing evidence of a conflict of enormous proportions in the wetlands of ...
We've travelled through human history and seen large boxes of games for personal computers. Here is a list of our favourite covers.
The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today.
A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...