Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Not much information exists about Roman women in the first century. Women were not allowed to be active in politics, so nobody wrote about them. Neither were they taught how to write, so they ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

We join a Roman centurion on one night of his life, as he describes his work repairing Hadrian's Wall. Cornelius is 39 years old and has 80 soldiers under his command, who are now resting before ...

At its peak in the second century A.D., the empire sent soldiers ... even in official portraits, a first for a Roman emperor. He spent more than half of his 21-year reign in the provinces and ...

A bronze 1st century Roman coin in good condition, discovered 3 years ago in the Beer Quarry Caves explorations in Devon. It depicts the Emperor Caligula on the obverse side and a prancing horse ...

The material, light tan and granular, had been a critical component of the Roman Empire ... when the Romans achieved this mastery: in the first century B.C., during the late republic.

You submit a photo online and go to a gallery on the day of your choice. An attendant will call your name and give you instructions for navigating a black staircase into a dark corridor.

Caesarea was home to one of the first Christian communities and, according to the New Testament, was where the apostle Peter baptised the Roman centurion Cornelius. "This was the first instance of ...

While Westerns are no longer as common as they were during Hollywood's early-to-mid-20th-century golden ... director's films. Centurion Brings Western Sensibilities To A Band Of Roman Soldiers ...