The Antonine Plague, which struck the Roman Empire in the second century AD, was an invisible killer that brought the entire ...

The story of Emperor Nero is one of the most infamous in the history of the Roman Empire filled with ambition, excess, and controversy. This video traces Nero’s rise to power, key events of his reign ...

A software model from Google DeepMind put a more precise date on an important Latin text credited to a Roman emperor as a demonstration of its capabilities.

Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...

The fall of Ravenna signaled more than a military defeat; it was the symbolic end of Roman rule in the West. Discover how politics, invasions, and internal decay led to this historic moment. Watch: ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came ...

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

The idea that America faces an inexorable, irreversible decline has become a form of conventional wisdom. Is this really true — or is it becoming so because of poor policy choices being made by its ...