Parthia controlled territories that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the...
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There is little evidence remaining from the pre-Roman worship, as they left little footprints of their spiritual...
One of history’s most influential civilizations took shape, leaving behind a cultural legacy that survives in part...
The Res Gestae was a unique public relations move for the first emperor of the Roman Empire,...
Though his work was little read in the Roman world, it has influenced great thinkers such as...
Ancient Rome and its empire had the concept of asylum at its heart. Its legacy provided inspiration...
Apollo 8 was the moment that humanity realized a dream conceived in our cultural imagination over two...
An ancient Roman fable imagines a cinaedus, well-known for his brazen effeminacy, fighting heroically. Introduction On August...
Abandoned when the larger Etruscan towns struggled to meet the demands of their growing urban population and...
Cilicia Campestris was the most valuable Roman district because of its fertile plains which produced abundant crops....
Herod built on a Roman scale. King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in...
Baalbek is a town in the northern Bekaa valley, the site of the largest sanctuary in the...
By Steven Fife During his reign as dictator from 49-44 BC, Julius Caesar had a number of notable impacts...
Because of its geography and location, Cilicia was among the most important regions of the classical world....
Carrhae proved to be a complete disaster from its beginning. Introduction The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE was...
The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman Agriculture describes the...
The Aeneid is Virgil’s masterpiece that he completed after eleven years of intensive work. Originally published by...
The Roman Republic emerged out of what one historian called “the ashes of the monarchy.” Introduction Western...
The Roman emperor Augustus is held up by some as a statesman who brought peace, and as...
Germana Inferior was a small province of the Roman empire, situated along the Lower Rhine. Its capital...
Researchers show that an Ancient Roman text has long been misinterpreted, shedding new light on how innovation...
What the Romans ate and how. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The ancient Mediterranean diet revolved around four...
Although given basic defensive features, forts were never designed to withstand a sustained enemy attack. By Mark...
The Battle of Zama not only ended the Second Punic War, it also established the Roman army...
Cicero’s life was marked by a tension between the life of a politician and that of a...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
His first visit to Rome was around 163 CE during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius...
The area of North Africa which has been known as Libya since 1911 was under Roman domination...