The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

We spoke with the author of The Raven Scholar about creating its sweeping fantasy world, intricate political system, ...

Britain's descent into anarchy was disastrous for Rome and it took two years for generals dispatched by Valentian I, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire ... Cambridge's Department of Geography ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is gearing up to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe with three ...

Whether biking to castles or kayaking through gorges, a trip centred on this river is the epitome of European romance.

The site’s location—on the shore of the Danube River and along the trade route known as the Amber Road, which led from the Baltics via Carnuntum to the Roman Empire—offered a critical trade ...

But finding the dead — that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the third century. The pit where the bodies were deposited ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...