By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...

Between 98-117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers. AS USA. Update: Jun 2nd, 2025 06:30 EDT. 0.

Students from the Constructing the Limes project, together with archaeologists from Saxion University, discovered a Roman military camp in Veluwe, the largest forest in the Netherlands, near the town ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found. January 8, 2025 ...

The Roman Empire is rightly heralded as perhaps the most influential empire in history, but for area it doesn’t even break the top 20. Clustered around the Mediterranean, it stretched from Portugal in ...

The Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy is a masterpiece of early Byzantine church architecture and art, which was completed in 547 AD. Its impressive octagonal structure combines Roman and ...

A distribution map of LRA 4 amphorae (in red, top) and LRA 5 amphorae (in blue, bottom). Credit: H. Olshanetsky, L. Cosijns . Regarding the impact of climate change, the study indicates that the ...

Dalrymple also covered the detailed time line of India's waxing soft power influence on the culture, education, religion and civilisations of the rest of the world from 250 BC—1200 AD. "The story is ...

These Roman structures, dating from 1 to 400 AD, offer valuable insights into the city’s past.The mosaic floor is particularly notable, featuring intricate geometric patterns made from marble, stone, ...