This sweeping timeline covers 2,600 years of revolutions, from the fall of kings in ancient Rome to the uprisings that dismantled empires, ended slavery, and spread modern democracy. It’s a rapid, ...

An ancient book about Roman emperors has become a modern bestseller, captivating readers with its timeless stories of power ...

New research examines how lead was used in Rome in daily life, and what archaeological evidence reveals about its health effects.

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The Roman Empire is one of the most famous empires in history, which at one point was basically the world's first superpower with how much of the world it encompassed. It has been a fascinating ...

Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the clearest case of how politics shaped historical memory ...

This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...