It might come as no surprise, then that among the books he’s recommended is I, Claudius by British writer Robert Graves - a ...

There is a strange statement in the Talmud regarding Moshiach. When the Talmud wishes to describe Moshiach, the man who will ...

In all, roman emperors constructed dozens of villas over ... Tiberius’ retreat from Rome bred rumor and suspicion. The historian Suetonius, in his epic work The Lives of the Twelve Caesars ...

Roman aristocrats, including the emperor Augustus himself ... For more than a decade, according to his biographer, Suetonius, Tiberius wallowed in hedonism—decorating his mountaintop Villa ...

the conquest of the Mediterranean and its effect on Roman society, and the crumbling of political structures under the weight of imperial expansion. In the second half, we will study the empire more ...

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

That is why considering what undid the Roman Republic is useful today—if we can learn from the Romans’ mistakes. Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Excavations of some castle-like ruins in Stopfenreuth confirmed a 175-year-old theory. Photos show the ancient Roman structure. Photo from H. Wraunek, Land NÖ via the Austrian Academy of Sciences On a ...

Flatbreads made from wheat or barley formed the foundation of Roman street food. Archaeological findings from Roman bakeries and ovens, including carbonized remains in Pompeii, show how common ...