Examination of the letters indicates that the style most closely matches that of the 1st century AD, while the language used ...

The restoration of a 26.5-meter-tall (86.94-foot-tall), 2,000-year-old lighthouse commissioned by Roman Emperor Nero in the ...

When people think of the historical “Celts,” they are really thinking of the various peoples that lived across the European ...

Roman aristocrats, including the emperor Augustus himself ... gospel and perpetuated in Robert Graves’ historical novel I, Claudius and in the lurid 1979 film Caligula, starring a haggard ...

The first was a Roman soldier who, after converting to Christianity, is said to have sought to protect Christians from the persecutions of Emperors Claudius II Gothicus and Valerian. He was ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

1. Caecilia – Blind 2. Cassius – Empty, or vain 3. Claudia – Lame, or limping 4. Cornelia – Horn 5. Crispin – Curly-haired 6.

One account, written in the mid-second century or later, and not included in the New Testament, even claimed that Jesus’ crucifixion was not ordered by Pilate. Instead, it blamed Herod Antipas, the ...

Susan Wright Photography In A.D. 143 or 144, when he was in his early 20s, the future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius set out for the country estate of his adoptive father, Emperor Antoninus Pius.

From Rome to Barbarians, these shows about Ancient Rome will transport viewers to a fascinating time in history.