What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.

At present, researchers from around the world are still analysing how much territory the Roman Empire really covered. To date, this was almost clear, but a new discovery in a speci ...

Taking a look at the past allows us to understand history from a more analytical point of view. If archaeological expeditions did not exist, we would take for granted facts that pe ...

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory in continental ...

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla opens up about his daily thoughts on the Roman Empire, Batman, and the philosophy behind ...

The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about medicinal plants, a new study suggests.

An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Second, community life is actually quite difficult. On a macro level, facing broader societal upheaval together in a ...

The “Roman” empire in Chaplin is coming to an end. Chaplin First Selectman Juan Roman III has announced that he is not seeking re-election to the town’s top seat this fall. Roman, 64, was first ...