Roman Emperor Nero ... expansion of the Roman Empire and its pragmatic governance, Nero immersed himself in the arts, music and philosophy of Greece. He admired the sophistication of Greek culture so ...

Ruins of a temple in Pergamon. Credit: Murat Beşbudak / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a grand Greco-Roman residential complex, dubbed the “Mosaic House,” in ...

Researchers found the channel on historic grounds near the country's capital, Bratislava Sonja Anderson New research suggests that sculptures were perfumed with sweet-smelling fragrances such as ...

Elected officials spend years commissioning studies on some of the city's most crucial infrastructure projects rather than ...

It embodies two distinct forms of universalism, Roman Catholic and republican, that have more historical appeal across Europe than the Anglo-American style of empire. And the rapid renovation of ...

Hadrian's Wall marked the Northern Frontier, the northernmost point of the Roman Empire. And you mustn't forget that the Roman Empire was massive. If you imagine you are standing here, then you ...

The Greco-Roman philosophical culture encouraged writings on important subjects to ... By the second century, the early church was spread throughout the Roman Empire. But believers and leaders across ...

Once a proud, 75-acre outpost 31 miles north of Rome, Falerii Novi was built and occupied in 241 B.C. and abandoned in 700 A.D. Though it’s been thoroughly buried over the course of time, new ...