Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it is known that he traveled from his home of Alexandria, Egypt, to Rome in ...

Photo by Alberto Pizzoli via Getty Images. When Jason, a 28-year-old from the UK, landed in Rome last year, he was excited.

Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I promulgated an entirely new Roman code of law in November 534 A.D. His Empire, however, was ...

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When we consider the staying power of U.S. democracy, it’s humbling to consider the Roman Empire’s longevity of 1,500 years.

Vecchio lived from 1480-1528. (Courtesy Photo) The Emperor Constantine I earned his place in history in 313 A.D. when he legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan and gave ...

Ever wondered about how the Roman Emperors changed Britain ... The republic didn’t allow one person to have complete control of the city. A group of men called senators shared power.

Zuckerberg has long been interested in the Roman Empire. He spent his honeymoon in Rome and two of his children, August and Aurelia, are named after emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius.

These powers are the World Government, the Seven Warlords, and the Four Emperors of the Sea. The Emperors are the most powerful pirates in the world, both in terms of control and strength ...

Pp. xxxii, 279. Illus., notes, sources, index. $43.99 paper. ISBN:1032262516 The Roman Senate in the Fourth-Century Empire. Rita Lizzi Testa’s Christian Emperors and Roman Elites in Late Antiquity is ...