Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly ...

Scientists from Oxford and Warsaw Universities have found new evidence that shifts the timeline regarding the fall of the ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly ... By the end of the first century, equestrians ...

Domitian’s murder marked the end of the ... from all over the empire were eligible for the highest office. It was also very successful. As emperor, Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to become ...

A recent study published in the journal Klio by researchers Haggai Olshanetsky and Lev Cosijns analyzes the true causes of ...

Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...