Earlier this year, a British museum said it was reclassifying an ancient Roman emperor, depicted on a coin in its collection, as a transgender woman. So what do historians think about this move and is ...
The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...
In 2023, a viral TikTok question brought an ancient empire back to the forefront of our culture's consciousness. The question: "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" The results were ...
From drunken student toga parties to the 12 million annual visitors to the Colosseum – the might of ancient Rome has echoed down the centuries in all sorts of unexpected ways. Roman buildings, ...
ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors ...
Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...
Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...
There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?
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