A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse.

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly “geek out” about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often ...

There is a trend on the internet of women asking the men in their lives a historical question: How often do you think about the Roman Empire? They’re surprised by the answer. Heritage Vice President ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history” about the ...

Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...

In this op-ed, writer Casey Haughin-Scasny explores the virality of the recent “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” TikTok trend in the context of how history is constructed. I am a woman ...

Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's experiences with the census. In the guest blog on Papyrology, ancient historian Anna ...

With one of the largest and most significant empires in history, the Romans ruled territories across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for more than a thousand years. Their legacy lives on ...