Roman Empire Historical Facts
He loved philosophy more than power, yet became one of Rome's most unusual emperors. Julian's ambitions would put him at odds with the world around him.
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 Empire Historical Facts
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.
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.
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The past reveals successful systems for civilization survival.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
Raised to the rank of Augustus at just eight years old, Gratian spent his reign trying to grow into the military and political role his father had prepared for him.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
A Roman commander in Britain rose to imperial power in 383, ruled from Trier, challenged the western emperors, and later survived in Welsh tradition as Maxen Wledig.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
What if one man, standing at the twilight of Rome, believed that the fate of peace depended on the art of war? His words, written more than 1,500 years ago, became the backbone of medieval strategy and echoed in the training grounds of emperors and knights alike.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Rome had no modern intelligence agency, but its spies, scouts, informers, couriers, and imperial agents helped the state watch enemies, cities, provinces, and its own people.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
Valens is remembered for Adrianople, but his reign reveals a harsher story of religion, manpower, imperial pressure, and Roman control.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Stilicho tried to hold together a Western Roman Empire already under immense pressure. His fall exposed how fragile the West had become.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
How did the Eastern Roman Empire survive when so much of its world had already been lost? The answer lay in more than armies and walls.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Ancient Rome still lives in stories people repeat with complete confidence. But some of its most famous details – from Nero’s fiddle to Caesar’s birth – turn out to be far less certain, and far more revealing, than the myths that replaced them.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Lucretius left behind only one surviving work, but it was enough to reshape how later ages thought about nature, fear, and the place of humanity in the universe. His poem challenged superstition, questioned power, and gave Rome one of its boldest philosophical voices.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Did Roman writers ever mention Jesus? The surviving evidence is brief and later than many readers expect, but it is not silent. Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny, and Josephus together show why historians do not treat Jesus as a fictional invention.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
What is the truth behind the phrase: “Christians to the lions?”