One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

And, he was still wearing a wedding ring. The ring was inscribed with his wedding date — Dec. 25, 1908 — and the body was ...

Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.

SUMMARY Slavery was integral to Roman society, and slaves outnumbered citizens in Rome. There were many routes to slavery, including as prisoners of war, selling oneself into slavery, or being born a ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

D’Annunzio, along with an army of Italian first world ... gestures that he claimed were derived from ancient Rome: the battle cry, purportedly of Roman origin, “alalà” and the “Roman ...

An ancient Roman villa in northern France also had a ... →Bright blue chunk found in Rome turns out to be rare 2,000-year-old material. See it →Metal detectorist unearths ancient gold item ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

According to a release from Museums Worcestershire, a trove of 1,368 silver and gold coins from the Iron Age and Ancient Rome were found ... by means of the Roman army," per the release.

David Dunn, a plumber from Sapcote, Leicestershire, is auctioning off 50 coins that he found while metal detecting in summer 2023. The hoard dates back to Ancient Rome.