The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

The ancient city of Gezer in Israel has been at the centre of biblical stories for centuries, with a new study using cutting edge technology to investigate its past ...

A 1,900-year-old papyrus written in Greek has been deciphered for the first time by a group of Israeli and Austrian scholars. The artifact, renamed Papyrus Cotton, features the notes of a trial in ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest that lead pollution due to ...

This document sheds light on how the Roman Empire combated financial crimes, specifically tax fraud involving slaves, in the provinces of Judea and Arabia during a tumultuous period marked by two ...

Champlin was most at home in the classroom and taught over 40 different courses during his 41-year tenure at the University. His three immensely popular survey courses, “The Roman Empire,” “The Roman ...

In “Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.

It wouldn’t have been unusual for a Roman to occasionally speak Greek at the time—it’s been called “a sort of universal language even among non-Greeks” of the era.

Last year, a social-media trend featured women asking men how often they thought about the Roman Empire. The answer, it seemed, was “very”: Many men claimed that the ancient empire crossed ...

But the real question is: How often do you think about the Roman Empire? Grunge (Video) The Entire Roman Empire Timeline Explained. Posted: September 6, 2024 | Last updated: September 16, 2024.