Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In the third century CE, a new dynasty known as the Sasanians came to power in ancient Iran. Within a few years, the first Sasanian ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

An international research team has created a new map of the Roman Empire — and it expands the ancient road network by more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). "The 200-year research history on ...

President Donald Trump is cozying up with top ally Japan’s emperor and new prime minister Monday ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Upon arrival in Tokyo, Trump sat down ...

Upon his arrival in Japan, President Donald Trump’s first stop was at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where he was welcomed by Emperor Naruhito. It was their second meeting; in 2019, Trump became the ...

The Israeli comedy sketch show "Eretz Nehederet" (A Wonderful Country) put on this performance featuring President Trump as a conquering Roman Emperor in the wake of the successful ceasefire deal with ...

The Israeli version of Saturday Night Live has portrayed U.S. President Donald Trump as a conquering Roman emperor in a wild musical number posted to social media. The Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg ...

The Passage of Commodus was used by Roman emperors. Simona Murrone / Colosseum Archaeological Park A secret tunnel in the Colosseum once used by Roman emperors has opened to the public for the first ...

Visitors to the Colosseum will be able to walk in the footsteps of emperors as the Roman landmark opens a once-secret passageway that the rulers used to enter the arena without mixing with the masses.

A 2,000-year-old tunnel once used by Roman emperors to slip into the Colosseum unseen will open to the public this month, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the arena’s imperial backstage. Known as ...