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Former MSNBC host Joy Reid sparked controversy after claiming that the Roman Empire collapsed due to a lack of diversity and ...
"Conclave," the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...
BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?
The city of Vienna has existed for hundreds of years, but its history extends even further into the past. Roughly 2,000 years ago, Rome’s forces stretched into present-day Austria and ...
"But the Via Aurelia is a largely lost piece of Roman history. Bruno has done much to keep it alive and to protect the little that's left." A series of military triumphs paved the way for ...
SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates to "The Senate and Roman People" or "The Senate and People of ...
Sifting through the damp soil of the southwestern United Kingdom, archaeologists slowly unearthed an ancient Roman settlement. The ruins seemed “typical” at first — but then “something more unusual” ...
But finding the dead — that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the third century. The pit where the bodies were deposited ...
Rome had other ways of achieving that. Peter Edwell is an Associate Professor in Ancient History at Macquarie University.