While the coins were buried during Nero's reign, some of them were minted earlier. All but one of the coins in the hoard are silver denarii, a standard Roman coin, that were minte ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

In 9 AD, Arminius led a Germanic ambush, destroying 3 Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest. Warning: this episode contains accounts of violence that some listeners may find disturbing.

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age ...

The Byzantines and the Venetians were masters of commerce, and that led to a devastating trade war between the two powers.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

A recent study published in Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology has shown that Roman rule, which occurred ...