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

"Pompeii" at the National Museum of Australia brings together 90 artifacts and a recreation of Vesuvius's eruption.

Parion, also called Parium, was an ancient Greek city located on the coast of the Hellespont in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ...

The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire. Measuring just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, the amulet contains a wafer-thin ...

With so many Americans relying on Google Maps for getting them from here to there, NBC News' Gadi Schwartz got an inside look at how the app is able guide drivers through traffic. Dec. 20, 2024 ...

See how much you really know about ancient Rome – and fill in the gaps... Tataryn/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The Roman Empire is rightly heralded as perhaps the most influential empire in history, ...

shedding new light on the early spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. This remarkable discovery, dating back to the third century A.D., could change our understanding of the faith’s reach ...

The latest discovery was particularly significant as previous finds of pottery fragments in the region could not definitively prove Roman settlement, as they might have been discarded by travellers ...

“Today, evidence was found of Roman habitation in the time of Emperor Augustus. A unique discovery that not only teaches us more about our past, but also shows how unique the story of Roman ...

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