What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, ...

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

Roman silver coins found by a metal detector user near Mansfield Woodhouse in 2007 have gone on public view for the first ...

Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

She formed strategic relationships with Julius Caesar and, later, Mark Antony, influencing Roman power struggles and ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater will stage the world premiere of a new Lauren Gunderson play about the tennis icon Billie Jean King, the theater company announced Wednesday. Also among the highlights ...

Sometime during the first century C.E., a fierce battle took place in what is now Vienna, Austria—likely between Roman soldiers and Germanic warriors. Afterward, the battered bodies of dozens ...