History of Rome & The Third Century Crisis - Aurelian came from... well, we don't really know where exactly. But boy did he ...

Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of ...

Historian Tom Holland uncovers how politics, myth and maternal ambition collided in the scandalous reign of the Roman emperor ...

Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the depiction of gladiator fights in "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a gladiator's epitaph. Coins, lamps and vases were also found.

The Roman Colosseum was built in the first century A.D. and hosted gladiatorial games, combat, and hunts up until the sixth century. The last official gladiator battle held at the Colosseum was in ...

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

The precision of the method is especially useful in the so-called Hallstatt Plateau (ca. 800–400 BCE), a time when radiocarbon dating is problematic due to the difficulties of calibration. The ...

I F YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, and perhaps a magnifying glass. You would probably not think of using a particle accelerator. But that is what is ...