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

The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

A hoard of Roman coins dating from the Fourth century and covering the reign of nine emperors has been found in northern ...

Edward “Ted” James Champlin, the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of classics, emeritus, died of ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...

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Stretching from the windswept Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland down to North Africa, and from Portugal to the Middle East, ...

A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in ...

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