Sherlock Holmes in Ancient Rome: Solving a Roman Murder Mystery

A soldier in a Velsen well left wounds, a worn dagger and clues in his teeth. Modern investigators have reopened his violent death.

The Secular Games: Ludi Saeculares

Once in a lifetime, Rome celebrated the beginning of a new age. For three days and nights, extraordinary rituals and spectacles brought the city together in a festival unlike any other.

Arctic Ice Grew in Roman Times. Modern Warming Reversed It.

New Arctic evidence places renewed ice growth in Rome’s imperial age. The findings connect ancient snowlines, the Little Ice Age and modern warming; but scientists differ on when a glaciation begins.

Roman Inscription Hidden in a Fortuna Wall May Date to the First Roman Emperor

A reused stone at Fortuna’s Roman baths preserves oversized letters, part of a name and a possible clue to a monumental building project.

Follow the Money: What 4 Million Ancient Roman Coins Tell Us

Buried money traces Rome’s growing reach; and the civilian activity that helped coins remain in use long after they left the mint.

The Enemy Kings Rome Paraded in Chains

They once ruled kingdoms and commanded armies. Then Rome paraded them before cheering crowds. But what awaited these captive rulers after their humiliation?

Roman Sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey May Have Held an Abbot

A new study links the skeleton in a Roman coffin to Westminster’s early medieval abbots, using radiocarbon dates, burial clues and the sarcophagus itself.

Scientists Recreate the Roman Lycurgus Cup’s Color-Changing Magic

Four months of trials led to glass inspired by the Lycurgus Cup. The latest stage brings it into Elliot Walker’s sculpture for Sheffield’s Festival of the Mind.

Pertinax: Eighty-Seven Days Before Rome’s Imperial Auction

An experienced commander took over after Commodus’s murder. His programme for Rome soon brought him into conflict with the men guarding the throne.

Romans Changed Europe's Landscapes Far Beyond the Road Network

A hill of broken amphorae, a frontier across Britain and gold mines in Spain reveal the lasting ways Romans changed the landscape.

Gaius Fulvius Plautianus: The Man Who Became Almost as Powerful as the Roman Emperor

He was not an emperor, yet his wealth and influence rivalled those of Rome's rulers. How did Gaius Fulvius Plautianus rise so high, and what threatened his position?

The 10 Best Roman Video Games, Ranked

Command legions, build cities and navigate imperial politics in our countdown of ten Roman video games, followed by two worlds with unmistakable Roman echoes.