A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Although he preferred order to chaos, Virgil’s writing showed he knew there were ... with the complex relations at the heart of the Roman Empire. Virgil worked on “The Aeneid” for the ...

Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside Italy ... things that they’ve dropped and left behind: shoes, writing tablets, little bits of weapons and armour and like a ...

life at the northern-most part of the Roman Empire must have been very tough. Little reminders of home would have been very welcome. Image caption, A writing tablet from the fort of Vindolanda on ...

As the name implies, each episode of roughly an hour covers a historical topic in brief, everything from the history and uses of English castles to the Industrial Revolution. The first one I listened ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its ... Like soldiers ever since, they spent much of their free time writing letters home, asking for news and warm clothing. When they retired ...

Rome - and the Western Roman Empire - fell in 476 AD ... In the summary to their study, the authors write: "Why do empires fall? This is one of the questions that fascinate many, both in academia ...