In the worst, it faces the fall of the Roman Empire. As it was for Rome ... and Augustus was succeeded without question by his stepson, Tiberius. The same arguments currently being made by ...

The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

The desecration of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem — sensationally and appropriately called “the abomination of desolation” — ...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

His study is pivotal for understanding the propagation of Christianity within the Roman Empire following ... the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from ... What that means is, a temple for the Emperor Tiberius, as part of the Imperial Cult. Thus, here we have, at Caesarea Maritima, a Roman ...

Good old Livy (59 B.C.-A.D. 17) in his Early History of Rome, Vol. I, tells us that “the study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind” and ...

Tiberius’ retreat from Rome bred rumor and ... were bottling huge amounts of wine and shipping it throughout the Roman Empire. One of the first global export commodities was born.

This Easter Sunday, before pouncing on the chocolate eggs, let us imagine the scene in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago.

Hekster, G. de Kleijn and D. Slootjes (eds.), Crises and the Roman Empire (Brill, 2007), especially ‘Tiberius Gracchus, Land and Manpower’ by John W. Rich Josiah Osgood, Rome and the Making of ...