Rome in the first century AD - the powerful Roman Empire stretches across three continents. After a long period of civil conflict, Rome saw its governance pass from a republican system to one ...

An outstanding cast that includes names such as Denzel Washington, who plays Emperor Macrinus and has already been praised by critics, who note that he is eligible for the Academy Award for Best ...

Spain and parts of Germany and Italy that broke away from the Roman Empire during a time of political instability from approximately A.D. 260 to 274, Lang explained. The region where the hoard was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor Constantius II ruled. Archaeologists have unearthed a fourth-century ...

A LOCAL metal detectorist has unearthed a unique Roman coin displaying Emperor Hadrian whilst at Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse dig site in the Cricket Club grounds. The coin, part of the ...

Roman writers also had a lot to say about the pollution of the river Tiber, which runs through Rome. Bad policies had polluted the river’s waters. For example, the emperor Nero (37–68AD ...

Following the initial invasion of Britain, the Roman emperor, Claudius, arrived to symbolically lead his army to victory. In August, the Romans captured Camulodunum (Colchester), the capital of ...

We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by, lo and behold that same group and its descendants have somehow taken over the Roman Empire ...

An extremely rare silver denarius of the Roman Emperor Carausius is expected to fetch up to £8,000 when it is sold at auction. The coin was discovered in June by Mike Clark, 73, in a field in ...