A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

The Roman Empire might have been bigger than we first thought. The uncovering of a hidden road network demonstrates the ...

Archaeologists have compiled the most detailed map yet of roads throughout the Roman Empire in AD 150, totalling almost 300,000 kilometres in length ...

The Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD) marked the first brutal civil war of the Roman Empire, plunging the empire into chaos ...

For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the entirety of the vast Roman road network highlighting its immense ...

Researchers from Italy, Spain, and Tunisia have uncovered the Roman Empire's second largest olive oil manufacturer.

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

It took Edward Gibbon 12 years from conception to publication to produce the first volume of The History of the Decline And ...