Why can we say that 146 BCE was crucial in the formation of the Roman Empire, perhaps more than any other single year?

Archaeologists have unearthed an enormous leather shoe while digging at the bottom of an "ankle-breaker" defensive ditch at a ...

The Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD) marked the first brutal civil war of the Roman Empire, plunging the empire into chaos after Nero’s death. In this video, we explore the power struggles, shifting ...

The emperor becomes the one and only visible person in the ancient city ... is one of the stunning engineering feats of the Roman Empire. Today it stands at 130 feet. It was once much higher.

Known today as a philosopher-king, Marcus Aurelius ruled at a time marked by crises and catastrophes. He ascended to the ...

The Bulgars were a people group of Turkish background that ... mother an heir who would be next in line to rule the entire Roman Empire. This ended disastrously for her, but Rome continued to ...

The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people were bought and sold all around the empire. You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman ...

As the Roman Empire expanded, it brought bath complexes ... Romans used to scrape their skin—may seem a bit more peculiar. People in the city of Rome likely used knives or shears to tend to ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the ... found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ...