From emperors and conspiracies to gladiatorial games and daily life—see how well you know the empire that shaped the ancient ...

These events are told by two historians, Tacitus (Agricola 14-17; Annals 14:29-39) and Dio Cassius (Roman History 62:1-12).

The Romans met a large army of Britons, under the Catuvellauni kings Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus, on the River Medway, Kent. The Britons were defeated in a two-day battle, then again ...

Many are associated with centres of tribal power, trade with the Roman world and rich burials. Examples include Colchester, St Albans and Silchester in southern England. By the time of the Roman ...

1200 A.D. (5950) The Church of the East is at its largest, larger than the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic combined, with eighty million members, from Egypt to Japan. 1250 A.D. (6000) The Paradise ...

Because “Roman roads are characteristically straight,” archaeologists thought they knew where the London section of road ...

The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the functions that it served and the values ...

Parkes floated another idea that could work for the sequel the following year: a prequel to follow Lucius and then a sequel ...

During a time of ongoing conflict with the Carthaginian general Hannibal, many Romans believed the arrival of Kybele was 'Rome's salvation' and 'changed the course of the war, and history'.

Roman history is so exotic that any part of it is really fascinating ... who is played by Oscar nominee Paul Mescal. In the ...

23-79 A.D. Pliny, the Roman writer of Natural History, counsels his readers to refrain from sex to avoid pregnancy. He is the first known advocate of abstinence as a form of birth control.

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