98-117 AD - Trajan reigns. Trajan's reign takes Rome one more step toward universality. Now, educated and wealthy men from all over the Empire are eligible for the highest office. 180 AD - Pax ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

However, Roman tactlessness and inefficiency, along with famine and internal squabbles, led to a rise in Jewish discontent. In 66 AD, this discontent exploded into open rebellion. Four years later ...

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of inscriptions from the Roman Empire during the period AD 14-117, with accompanying explanatory notes, ...

That was the renowned Roman empire ... enslaved people to the empire. They worked in the fields and as craftsmen. But when ...

Researchers have unearthed a majestic offering to the 'God of War' in Georgia. Archaeologists excavated a 'unique' gold plate ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest of the world ... Military bases were often ad hoc installations set up to watch rivers and other key supply ...

From top: Megalopolis explores a modern-day Roman Empire; Gladiator II re-creates Rome in Fort Ricasoli, Malta; Brian F.

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of ...

Find out how Rome began, learn about different Roman emperors and discover what people in Rome did for fun. How the Romans conquered Britain Find out how Britain became part of the Roman empire.

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill takes on the intersection of faith and politics, from the biblical Roman ...

At the centre of the Roman empire stood the emperor and the court surrounding him. The systematic investigation of this court in its own right, however, has been a relatively late development in the ...