In 9 AD, Arminius led a Germanic ambush, destroying 3 Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest. Warning: this episode contains ...

Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

That is why it is surprising to discover that in a regime as autocratic as the Roman Empire, where the Senate’s functions were sidelined, a peculiar opposition movement emerged in the 1st century AD, ...

an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394). This usurper, Eugenius, a rhetoric teacher and court official, was proclaimed emperor of the West ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

The escalating cost of maintaining aging infrastructure is causing widespread problems, as exemplified by America's elevator ...

The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...

New research suggests that lead pollution from ancient Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the Empire.

The heady world of the early Christians began with Jewish followers of Jesus and later became dominated by Romans attracted ...