The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of the Roman empire’s end is generally considered to be 476 C.E.

suggesting that popular fascination with the ancient fighters reached the edges of the empire Julia Binswanger A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people ...

The Irish fort connected the island nation to England and northern Europe where the Roman Empire was spreading, but the cold sea kept Ireland safe from the Roman expansion. Now, researchers ...

Egypt at the time was part of the empire, but the Kush felt they were decidedly not. Enraged by the tax, Amanirenas conducted a raid on Roman territory, advancing past the First Cataract of the ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The presence of women in Roman military contexts has been established beyond doubt by scholars in recent decades. Nevertheless, very little ...

He was murdered in 217 while among his most trusted soldiers, campaigning in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. According to Beard, “he's assassinated while he's having a pee on the road.” ...

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, ...

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