He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Volcanic eruption tied to Roman Empire's growth Climate change and plague not linked to decline Eastern Roman Empire saw prosperity in 6th century ...

The tale of the ancient Greeks in Libya begins in 630 BC with a group of islanders from Thera, Santorini, establishing Cyrene.

The result was that the Persian King Kavad I was led to open peace negotiations with the Byzantines ... From March 537 AD to March 538 AD Belisarius successfully defended Rome and other reconquered ...

but Diocletian recognized that the Roman Empire was simply too big to rule effectively as one person. So, he decided to split ...

Research shows that A.D. 536 was not the worst year to be alive. Studies show that there is no textual evidence for the effects of the dust veil in the eastern Mediterranean, and there is an ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire Sonja Anderson The 404 coins, including 44 from ...

During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after the […] ...

The Trump-named cryptocurrency is valued at more than $6 billion after its first week, but it mimics moves made by ancient ...

Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of Greek origin. He is best known for his work Res Gestae, which chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva (96 AD) to ...

The Roman Empire's pervasive influence once reached across land, sea, and even sky. During the golden age of Roman imperialism, air pollution grew so inescapable that researchers now suspect it caused ...

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing ...