Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that, over the next century, would transform Rome, for better and worse. The man who would become one of Rome ...

However, three of the coins featured an unexpected ruler–Eugenius, who only ruled the Western Roman Empire from 392 to ... Eugenius primary opponent–Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I ...

Lead pollution from Roman mining and metal production may ... for 2,000 years ago is pretty novel and exciting.” The primary source of this ancient lead pollution was silver mining.