Marcus Aurelius has been acknowledged as a sage. But his reign was marked as much by military affairs as it was by philosophy ...

Roman soldiers garrisoned at the fort of Vindolanda, located near Hadrian's Wall in northern England, were riddled with parasites that sapped their fighting fitness.

Roman Emperor Valerian’s capture by Shapur I at Edessa was the lowest point in Roman history, exposing the empire's sudden ...

NEARLY 2000 years after the first legionary trudged on to Scottish soil, the Roman Empire’s attempted conquests of Scotland ...

Whether they're sites of worship, popular tourist attractions or luxury apartments, there are plenty of historic landmarks still flourishing today. Read on to see the world's oldest man-made ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

The find places north-east England firmly within Roman Britain's industrial heartland and suggests a level of economic sophistication previously unrecognized in this frontier region. The discovery ...

A group of Italian caving enthusiasts, investigating a small hole in the ground concealed by bushes, discovered surprising information about the inner workings of ancient Rome’s most impressive ...

Discover the oldest man-made structures across the world that are still open for business today. Whether they're sites of worship, popular tourist attractions or luxury apartments, there are plenty of ...