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A newly identified camp near La Peña del Castro links Roman troops with a burned Iron Age hillfort, where researchers are examining whether conquest included deliberate attacks on local identity.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
From Augustus’ lost grandsons to Diocletian’s planned abdication, the next reign depended on family arrangements and the people willing to uphold them.
Roman Empire News
At a hilltop settlement in Burgundy, a possible palatial complex combines a large church, Roman-style heating and fine glass across the transition into the Middle Ages.
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 cargo of plates, bowls and trays off Adrasan preserves evidence of ancient packing methods and a ceramic trade associated with a name in Cicero’s letters.
Excavations in France have produced an exceptional concentration of bone dice. A possible basin, altar fragments and Fortuna coins offer clues to their use.
Born into a modest family in Roman Africa, Sextus Aurelius Victor rose to high imperial office and wrote a history of Rome's emperors. His career, sharp observations and the mystery of his lost historical work offer a fascinating glimpse into the fourth-century Roman world.
Microscopic traces in Roman toilet deposits show infections persisted despite public sanitation. A 2026 chamber-pot study adds evidence from the Danube frontier.
From arena spectacles to political intrigue, satire and scientific inquiry, ten Roman films earn their places in our countdown for different reasons.
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.
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.
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.
