Legal Pluralism in Ancient Rome: How Local Laws Survived Roman Rule, But on Rome’s Terms

A daughter’s marriage, a city’s treaty and a mother’s legal papers reveal how provincial people used different traditions within Roman imperial authority.

Holy Cow: Roman Emperors Put Animal Sacrifice to Work

Bulls, banquets and one unfortunate goose reveal how Roman emperors turned animal sacrifice into a public language of power, generosity and loyalty.

Dominus Gladiatus Puts a Roman Gladiator School in Your Hands

Your gladiators do the fighting; you handle the roster, recovery and bills. A new Roman management game has launched, and its first updates are already reshaping the season.

Scribonius Largus: The Roman Doctor Who Believed Medicine Had a Moral Duty

He treated patients with electric fish, collected unusual remedies, and believed every physician had a duty to help. Scribonius Largus left behind a remarkable account of medicine in ancient Rome.

Assassin’s Creed Could Head to Ancient Rome as Hexe Faces Delay Reports

Codename Mars could take Assassin’s Creed to ancient Rome, while Hexe reportedly slips towards 2028. We sort the exciting rumour from Ubisoft’s confirmed plans.

Lusius Quietus: The African Cavalry Commander Who Rose to the Heights of Roman Power

He came from the edge of the Roman world and rose through war to become one of Trajan’s most formidable commanders. Lusius Quietus seemed unstoppable, until power changed hands in Rome.

Radar Survey Probes the Buried Roman City of Truentum

A September radar survey at Martinsicuro covered five areas of ancient Truentum. The data are being processed as the municipality considers a future archaeological park.

Roman Laws Reveal the Machinery Behind Arena Animal Fights

Two late Roman laws expose the pressures behind animal spectacles: protected supplies of lions, costly military convoys and penalties for overstaying in cities.

Rome Came to Scotland with All the Gear

Hot baths, masked helmets and a sun god with possible special effects: Scotland’s Roman finds reveal an army with expensive tastes and an awkward habit of leaving.

A Face-Down Roman Burial in Croatia Holds an Unusual Glass Collection

Salona’s latest excavations uncovered 32 graves, including a face-down burial with varied glass vessels and a clue to the cemetery’s earlier walls.

Roman Oracle at Kibyra Matched Knucklebone Throws to 56 Life Predictions

A newly published inscription from Turkey preserves advice on travel, illness and trade, selected by casting five animal knucklebones.

A Pompeii Woman’s Perfume Bottle Emerges From a Buried Cupboard

Tweezers, a glass scent bottle and childhood charms survived in a Pompeii cupboard, alongside 38 bronze coins and a small box of lead weights.