The Roman Empire's pervasive influence once reached across land, sea, and even sky. During the golden age of Roman imperialism, air pollution grew so inescapable that researchers now suspect it ...

The greed, graft and grime of humanity reduces any talk of a golden age to absurdity. In proclaiming a utopia, you will ...

A 1,600-year-old golden lock unearthed in Germany reveals Roman craftsmanship and sparks curiosity about its use and ...

President Donald Trump predicted a new golden age of America in his inaugural address. Past golden ages haven't been golden ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated ... The findings would make Rome’s roughly 200-year golden age, or Pax Romana, one of the earliest examples ...

Cleopatra and Marc Antony killed themselves and, finally, the Roman Empire now included the land of the pharaohs. Back home, Augustus was a hero. At the age of 32, he had become Rome’s first ...

It's judgement day for Charlemagne of the Roman ... his empire, his capital still hidden somewhere beneath the cold stone hexes that make up the fog of war. There's a dramatic end-of-days quality to ...

Eight emperors are shown on the coins. However, three of the coins featured an unexpected ruler–Eugenius, who only ruled the Western Roman Empire from 392 to 394 CE. Eugenius came to power ...

"Secret" excavations in Luxembourg reveal 141 Roman gold coins from eight Roman emperors and one usurper. Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched ... arranged by subject and age group.

"The golden miniature ... at trade between the empire and northern Germany during this time. "I could hardly believe it when I held the find in my hand because such Roman locks are usually much ...