Maiorianus on MSN

How Christianity changed the Roman Empire forever

Did Christianity really cause the fall of the Roman Empire — or is that one of history’s biggest myths? This episode breaks ...

Is Trump a new Nero, Caligula, Caesar? Can the Roman Empire help us make sense of today's chaos? And other burning questions

Is President Trump a new Nero, or a contemporary Caligula? The Roman Empire was full of merchants of chaos, power-hungry ...

A Historian Found Evidence of a Hidden Army Inside the Roman Empire

A scholar reinterpreting historical and archaeological evidence in present-day Switzerland believes the Helvetians retained ...
The Harvard Crimson

Fifteen Questions: Michael McCormick on the Joys of Curiosity

The medieval history professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the marvels of archaeology, history, and the Roman ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

1,800-year-old feces reveal disease and hygiene linked to Roman Empire in Bulgaria

A new study analyzed urine and feces in Roman chamber pots to understand the ...
HistoryExtra

The Huns terrorised Rome's frontiers – but wanted to keep the ancient empire alive

Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation ...
Ancient Origins

Roman Emperor Tiberius Depicted as Pharaoh on 2,000-Year-Old Karnak Stele

A remarkable 2,000-year-old sandstone stele depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius as an Egyptian pharaoh has been unearthed at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt. Discovered during the ...
Ancient Origins

Historian Finds Hidden Helvetian Army Operating Inside the Roman Empire

A new study by Columbia University historian John Ma has uncovered evidence of a hidden army operating within the Roman Empire during the first century AD. Published in the Journal of Roman Studies, ...

Archaeologists Discovered a Roman Superhighway Buried Deep Underground

Archaeologists recently discovered a Roman canal from roughly the 1st century C.E. hidden beneath German farmland. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Cargo From an Accidental Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of a Lake in Switzerland

Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist ...