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Rome’s empire stretched far and wide, but not every city endured. This video tells the story of one massive urban center that ...
No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.
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 ...
Why can we say that 146 BCE was crucial in the formation of the Roman Empire, perhaps more than any other single year?
Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...
In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed ... a flag over the love for ancient Rome expressed by our ...
The ascendant right wing loves ancient Rome ... emulating the fall of the Roman republic. In the worst, it faces the fall of the Roman Empire. As it was for Rome, so too will it be for America ...
Sulla declared he did everything to protect the Roman Republic and expand its glory. Only he, Sulla thought, could save Rome. Appian, another ancient historian, tells us Sulla made menacing ...
This era spans the rise of the Roman Republic through the fall of the Roman ... Advanced computer modeling of atmospheric movement then produced maps of atmospheric lead pollution levels across ...
However, as I discuss in my book, “Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction,” the gladiator represented something else altogether. The most famous martyr of the Roman republic—Marcus Tullius ...