Roman Empire News
From arena spectacles to political intrigue, satire and scientific inquiry, ten Roman films earn their places in our countdown for different reasons.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
Maxentius ruled Rome for just six years, yet commissioned some of its most impressive monuments, including a colossal basilica, a restored temple, and an imperial complex with its own circus and mausoleum. After his defeat, several of his buildings became associated with Constantine.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
A guarded collection of Greek verses helped Rome prescribe rituals during war and crisis. Its history runs from a royal legend to Augustus’s temple.
Roman justice was never equal. From trials in the forum to brutal punishments like crucifixion and exile, the law upheld social order through fear and spectacle. This article explores how crime and punishment shaped power in the empire.
A boy-emperor draped in silk and scandal, Elagabalus shook the Roman world with rituals, rumors, and rebellion. His brief reign remains one of the Empire’s most controversial and enigmatic chapters.
Salt and salary are often linked to Roman soldiers, but historical records reveal a different understanding of military pay in ancient Rome.
The Roman passion for red mullet drove them to pay fortunes to have this delicacy on their tables.
As the Severan dynasty rose to prominence, the two brothers were groomed to jointly inherit their father’s empire. Despite their shared upbringing, their differences—both personal and political—were stark and irreconcilable.
Anecdotes, historical facts, fictional stories and news curated from a small team of human writers, fascinated with Ancient Rome and its myriad myths and legends.
A seven-metre Roman road, a possible parade-ground wall and a culvert have emerged during building work at Caerleon Comprehensive School.
A 7.4-hectare camp near Šurany has yielded human remains, armour and weapons. Five entrances and an unusual gate add to its second-century story.
A study of Roman road alignments finds they have quite an impressive performance versus modern major roads, with terrain and construction explaining the gap between them.
Rent was a familiar worry in ancient Rome, even for people who were far from poor. When the money was not there, what could a tenant expect—and how much depended on the landlord?
A first-century marble torso returns to auction on 21 October. Its sun chariot and Victories are clear; the emperor it represented and its exact setting are still debated.
At Rossett, excavators found a quern beneath a North Wales villa, intact Roman floors and heating, and signs that its buildings changed over time.
A Roman-era bone held hundreds of black henbane seeds. Researchers weighed a pipe theory, but its shape and uncharred contents point to deliberate storage.
Roman ditches and a trove of finds beneath Bath Assembly Rooms extend the known footprint of Aquae Sulis, below a ballroom Jane Austen knew.
The last western emperor was removed in AD 476, but Roman life did not end with him. Across the former empire, new rulers inherited Roman institutions, laws and communities, reshaping them in different ways.
The past reveals successful systems for civilization survival.
Palace plots, chariot races and spectacularly bad decisions: our countdown ranks ten Roman series for your next binge, from gritty drama to irreverent comedy.
Ancient DNA from four of seven men buried at Roman Mursa shows varied ancestry. Bone wounds point to violence, while the burial’s exact cause remains uncertain.
