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 researchers found pottery and other smaller items, but three 2,000-year-old leather shoes, which were still intact, ...

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 ...

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

It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.

People living during the golden age of the Roman Empire experienced an average 2.5 to 3 point reduction in IQ due to atmospheric lead, according to a study published January 6 in the journal ...

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 ...