American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the ...

In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

The museum added, “To reinforce the historical context, the exhibition is complemented by a selection of this type of coin, ...

The artifact, and others found in alongside it, indicate that the owner was “a prominent individual of her time.” ...

A hoard of 13 silver coins found in a field was probably lost in the wake of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, according ...

The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC, external and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition to an empire. "The oldest coin in the hoard dates back to ...

Its mint was one of the most active in the southern peninsula, issuing coins from the late 3rd century to the 1st century BCE. The iconography of its coins reflects the city’s integration into the ...

A metal detectorist from Leicestershire has unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of 50 Roman coins. David Dunn, 42, a bathroom fitter from Sapcote, Leicestershire, was out searching a local ...