It is 113 BC Rome is a Republic, a small empire that clings to the rim of the Mediterranean. Though a democracy in name and spirit, a man must be rich and from the noble class to hold the highest ...
German author and poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe once said about Rome, “Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” The city has a complex and rich history behind it. Once the capital of a sprawling ...
Geneticists have shed new light on the effects of the Roman Empire on Southeast Europe. New DNA analysis has shown how the rise and fall of the empire influenced populations in the Balkans—a region of ...
The world that had been Rome -- The formation of post-Roman society -- The Romano-Germanic kingdoms : the era of Theoderic and Clovis -- The view from the East : crisis, survival, and renewal -- ...
This image shows the skull of the East African individual plus the oil lamp with the legionary eagle that he was buried with. Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on ...
One of the biggest questions researchers and armchair historians ponder and debate is how the Western Roman Empire fell. While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the ...
The Colosseum: the jewel of Ancient Rome. It wowed vast crowds with extraordinary battles. It pushed the boundaries of technology. It exhibited Rome’s vast wealth and power. Roman leaders spread the ...
Prof. Sage (Emeritus Cincinnati) tackles one of the most difficult periods in Roman history, the “Crisis of the Third Century.” This fifty-year period (c. A.D. 235-285) was characterized by chaos, ...