Yet Trimalchio was mistaken. He had not reckoned with Kim Bowes, professor of ancient history and archaeology at the ...

The Roman Empire may have fallen more than 1,500 years ago, but its streets never truly disappeared. Across Europe and the ...

The find places north-east England firmly within Roman Britain's industrial heartland and suggests a level of economic sophistication previously unrecognized in this frontier region. The discovery ...

When discussing the ancient world and how it impacts us today, there’s perpetually a massive tunic-clad and public-bathing elephant in the room: the Roman Empire. According to a recent social media ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

The Romans knew the precise date on which their civilization began: the 11th day before the Calends of May, or April 21 by our calendar. Ancient chronographers differed as to whether that founding ...

In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and ...