The Roman Empire was on the road to collapse, never to recover again. But what if all of this never happened? What would the ...

Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.

Excavated at Inveresk in East Lothian, the altars date to around 140AD, a period when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius. Curators believe they offer fresh insights into the beliefs ...

The fall of the Western Roman Empire was not a single event but a chain reaction. Key battles such as Adrianople, the Frigidus River, the Catalonian Plains, and Cape Bon drained manpower, morale, and ...

Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the ...

A Norwegian archaeologist believes that the Norwegians were on their way to the Roman Empire as mercenaries around the year ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a ...

There’s a saying that, when Rome falls, the whole world will fall. Which frankly seems a little melodramatic and egotistical ...

You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength” Recent data shows 84% of adults suffer from chronic stress caused by external factors. Marcus Aurelius ...