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For a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital ...

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Throughout the thousand-year reign of the Roman Empire, disparate populations began to connect in new ways—through trade routes, economic and political collaboration, and joint military endeavors. Now ...

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Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

Legal texts expose the secret logistics behind the animal hunts that Romans loved.

Ancient DNA reveals that Romans from the Italian Peninsula had little genetic influence on the populations of the Balkans, in spite of their political and cultural sway. Until recently, most major ...

It’s a brilliant, sunny day in the north of Britain and I’m standing on top of a high bank looking out over a long grassy ...

Credit: Stefan Krmnicek / Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Rome conquered with its legions, but nearly four million ancient coins reveal what truly held its vast territories together: money, ...

Amid growing cultural awareness that men in particular have developed a fervent interest in ancient Rome as of late, here are the 10 best TV shows set there.