The 1,700 year old hoard of Roman gold coins was found in Luxembourg and is being hailed as one of the most significant ...
Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside Italy. There were soldiers from Africa, France, Germany, Spain and the Middle East. The legionaries were the elite (very best ...
Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated trade, filled tax coffers and funded military conquests. But the empire’s mining and extracting of silver was ...
We used both micro and large-scale data from various countries and regions ... showed there was no decrease in population or economy in the 6th century eastern Roman Empire. In fact, there seems to ...
In Gallia Belgica, an impressive hoard has been discovered shedding light on the cultural changes of the late Roman Empire.