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

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

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

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" or "things that happened") that the three groups conspi ...

As one of the largest Roman theaters still standing ... the development of Rome as the center of an empire, and the role of city-making in history. Our path will follow, roughly, a kind of monumental ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of ancient history and Roman empire continues with a ...

Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

The Easter story is one of a king laying down his life for what the people needed, even as they mocked and crucified him, ...

It might come as no surprise, then that among the books he’s recommended is I, Claudius by British writer Robert Graves - a ...