Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Based on the classic Isaac Asimov book series, Foundation combines epic time jumps, formidable bad guys and a surprising ...

The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about medicinal plants, a new study suggests.

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

The charming Italian coastal town of Brindisi in the Puglia region of southern Italy is a great alternative to the hustle and ...

The first volume of Edward Gibbon’s magisterial The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published in 1776, the year of the Declaration of Independence.

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

This video explores an alternate history scenario where the Roman Empire and Han China face off in a war for supremacy. It delves into their military strategies, technologies, and strengths, ...

A hodgepodge of East and West, Mithridates’ Pontic Empire emerges as a compelling possibility of what Alexander's empire could've been.

Between 98-117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers.

Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago ...

What if two of history’s greatest empires the Roman Empire and Han China had clashed in an all-out war? This alternate history scenario explores military tactics, resources, and strategy to ...