The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Tom and Dominic reveal one of the greatest stories in all of history: the rise the Franks. Europe’s mightiest warriors, ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started ... This clip is relevant to teaching History at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Second level in Scotland.

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

This comparative study of alliances in the Holy Roman Empire and the Low Countries focuses on a formative time in European history, from the late fifteenth century until the immediate aftermath of the ...

The Roman Empire is divided into two parts ... leaving the Senate—an institution that traced its history to the eighth century B.C.—as little more than a city council. By the time Odoacer ...

Observing from the east, Zenobia saw her opportunity and knew that she had an empire to gain. Palmyra had a history of cooperation with Roman rule, and this had resulted in many benefits for the ...

His judgments would help shape Roman history for centuries to come ... still form the basis of our understanding of the Roman Empire in the first century AD.