Eight days’ hiking lets you imagine the weird and wonderful lives of those who once lived at the Roman Empire’s northern frontier ...

In this roundup of recent series from other shores, we go tripping through time and space: from Roman Empire high jinks to Regency England melodrama, and from contemporary British mystery to a ...

He respected the chain of command and trusted his officers to carry out their duties without being told to. Thus, local commanders responded to rebellions among the Gallic Aedui and Treveri (AD 21), ...

The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse, archaeologists say. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge completed a 13-year dig at ...

The commander of the Rhine, Saloninus, son of Gallienus, was unable to stop them; in fact, Saloninus was assassinated by Postumus, a Gallic-born Roman general who proclaimed himself emperor of the ...

There are lots of theories, but nothing concrete, as to why a large hoard of mostly Gallic Empire Roman coins has been discovered near Herschbach, Germany. The location of the find had been a no-man’s ...

Nostradamus, Nos if you’re nasty, was a 16th-century astrologer, plague doctor, accused heretic and bearded seer who has been credited with foretelling the Great Fire of London, Hitler’s rise ...

From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors. And in 387 BCE, Gallic raiders sacked and profoundly humiliated Rome.

As this article explains, Marcus Aurelius seems the best bet, but a new theory makes the case for Tetricus I, the last emperor of the short-lived Gallic Empire. Who’s your sestertii on?

The archaeologists determined that some of the newfound coins were from Rome, but most were minted in Cologne, which at the time was part of the Gallic Empire — a region including modern-day ...

The archaeologists determined that some of the newfound coins were from Rome, but most were minted in Cologne, which at the time was part of the Gallic Empire — a region including modern-day ...