What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from ... This is the person we know as Herod the Great. For the ordinary people of the Jewish homeland, Rome was a kind of dominant political ...

“You have to be ready for battle at all times, and the Roman Empire is all about battle. Common sense!” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on ...

There are "any number of specific reasons why men might think a lot about the Roman Empire, to be sure, but in my experience, lots of people spend a lot of time thinking about history," historian ...

The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?

They had jobs such as: Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to ...

But it would not have been enough, because, in spite of all the glories of the Roman Empire, people lived in the world in which there was inequality, there was great poverty on the one hand and ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...

That’s where the idea of “truth serum” comes from. Since the era of the Roman Empire, people have tried to extract truthful ...