The sandstone monument shows Tiberius standing next to a family of local gods. Archaeologists say the scene illustrates the ...

Some Roman emperors reshaped ancient Greece by rebuilding cities, supporting its culture, and granting limited autonomy.

A scholar reinterpreting historical and archaeological evidence in present-day Switzerland believes the Helvetians retained ...

Our images of the Roman Empire are dominated by the monuments and lifestyles of wealthy urban elites. An important new ...

Most Roman emperors died on the job. So when the emperor Diocletian decided to abdicate and retire in March 305 CE, it was a ...

New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two ...

Icel is remembered as the first king of the Mercians and the last king of the Angles in their ancient homeland. Around the ...

The Roman prefect, known to Christians as the man responsible for Jesus' death, is one of the few New Testament figures to ...

It was a pretty good Opening Day for young Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony on Thursday, to say the least. Anthony went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Boston's 3-0 Opening Day win over ...

The Boston Red Sox faced the Cincinnati Reds on opening day this season, and Roman Anthony did not take long to start making history. Anthony hit a single up the middle on the first pitch he saw. The ...

Most history books claim the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. They are wrong. Less than sixty years after the “fall,” a single man nearly put the pieces back together. Flavius Belisarius was the primary ...

Black gold: How oil price has proven extraordinarily sensitive to global disruptions Sanctions did not translate into reduced threats in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year, when Iran attacked with ...