A 76-year-old metal detectorist uncovers a rare Roman coin after years of searching. The unexpected find is more than just a ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a ...

Before becoming emperor, Marcus Aurelius held the position of Roman consul three times. Unlike Augustus’ realist approach and pragmatic leadership, Marcus Aurelius was more of a wise and enlightened ...

The survey is not only collating and analysing fragments of stone and bronze Roman ... of Nero, both in a highly battered state, suggesting that the images were attacked in the post mortem memory ...

24.30 47.40 1.10.2 (22.8) - ST / 1200 m / aw / 8 bt 10 / D. Whyte ...

London Museum has received £20m and more than 14,000 Roman artefacts from a US charitable organisation. The gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies is the largest private donation and largest archive ...

We know that players will be able to dawn the toga of a Roman emporer and construct their idea of an ideal ancient city in two provinces of the empire: Latium, the region of Western Italy where Rome ...

In 27 BCE, Octavian became the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar. In his Lives of the Caesars, the Roman writer Seutonius describes how Octavian exacted revenge for the death of Julius Caesar by ...

Roman Emperor Nero. Credit: NickW557 ... how Nero used Greek traditions to bolster his personal image to his citizens. He wanted to be seen as both a cultural patron and an imperial monarch whose ...

Many of the nearly 60 marbles (and one notable bronze ... a banker to both the pope and the Bonaparte family. Some of the sculptures were excavated on the grounds of the family estates in Italy.