BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

Throughout its history, the Roman Empire expanded to become one of the largest and most powerful civilizations ever, ...

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

The Bible tells of a fateful encounter between an Egyptian Pharaoh and a King of Judah at "Armageddon". Archaeologists found ...

The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, men who had been circumcised – particularly those from Jewish or Eastern ...

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With cremation burial common in the European Roman Empire, finds of Roman skeletons from this period are considered rare, leading to this being one of the most significant Roman war discoveries in ...

This period of climatic cooling is believed to have played a significant role in the collapse of the Roman Empire. Tom Gernon, professor of earth science at the University of Southampton ...

Average income in the Roman Empire was 2.25 times the subsistence minimum, compared to 1.88 in the Han Dynasty. The top 1% in Rome earned 19% of total income, while in Han, it was 26%. The Gini ...

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 ...