Italian archaeologists have uncovered several 2,000-year-old bronze statues from pre-Roman times in a Tuscan thermal spring, calling it an "exceptional find," The Italian Culture Ministry announced ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

The Pax Romana—the 200-year “golden age” of the Roman Empire—was a marvel of diversity, connectivity, and unchallenged hegemony. By the middle of the second century AD, imperial Rome ruled territory ...

Samuel Agbamu has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust for research relevant to this article. How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon ...

Before Caesar ruled the Roman Republic, this expansive stretch of territory was a democracy governed by a Senate and several high-ranking elected officials. While this early form of Roman government ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, ...